Per capita federal expenditures in Michigan: $9,228. Average for states: $10,396. Michigan’s rank-39

[Bozita]

http://www.freep.com/article/20101129/BLOG2504/101129019/1318/Michigan-shortchanged-by-D.C.

POSTED NOVEMBER 29, 2010 - 12:53 P.M.
Michigan shortchanged by D.C.
BY RON DZWONKOWSKI
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR


You might think that federal spending these days would be aimed at the areas of the country that were hit hardest by the Great Recession and are still struggling to recover. Stimulus and all that.

This would, you might think, include areas such as Michigan, consistently a leader among the 50 states in unemployment and declining personal income.

However, a new report from the state Senate Fiscal Agency (PDF download) shows a familiar problem. Per capita federal expenditures in Michigan: $9,228. Average for states: $10,396. Michigan’s rank among the 50 states: 39th.

The Senate Fiscal Agency report is based on the latest “Consolidated Federal Funds Report” out of Washington, for the 2009 fiscal year.

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So, I'm wondering which states are America's welfare queens?

[leftstreet]

1. WalMart's CEO makes $16,826.92 an hour

Walmart CEO Pay: More in an Hour Than Workers Get All Year?

Walmart Executive-Worker Pay Gap Strikes Chord in Chicago and Beyond

July 2, 2010

By Ed Smith's math, the CEO of Walmart earns more in an hour than his employees will earn in a year.

Smith, an alderman in Chicago, presented posters at a city council meeting showing that Walmart CEO Michael Duke's $35 million salary, when converted to an hourly wage, worked out to $16,826.92. By comparison, at a Walmart store planned for the Windy City's Pullman neighborhood, new employees to be paid $8.75 an hour would gross $13,650 a year.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-ceo-pay-hour-workers-year/story?id=11067470

[jwirr]

2. Last time I saw a chart it was mostly red states that haul in the dough. nt

[Starry Messenger]

3. recommend.

[JDPriestly]

4. Compare revenue to receipts

Tax revenue per state is charted at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_tax_revenue_by_state

Here is a chart showing what part of the tax dollar your state receives.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/266.html

Which states fare best in terms of return on their tax dollars? Here is a list in order of highest to lowest return based on 2005 numbers.

New Mexico, Mississippi, Alaska (but they have so much oil?), Louisiana, West Virginia, North Dakota, Alabama, South Dakota, Kentucky, Virginia, Montana, Hawaii, Maine, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Missouri, Maryland, Tennessee, Idaho, Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Vermont, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Rhode Island, Florida, Texas, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York, California, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, D.C.

Michigan got back 92 cenets of its tax dollars. California only got back 78 cents.

Well, if the Republicans want to cut federal spending, we know where they can start -- in their own states. Because staunchly Republican states like Alabama, Mississippi, Alaska, Kansas and Kentucky are getting the biggest part of the return on their tax dollars.