Red State Socialism...Continued

Federal spending received per dollar of taxes paid by state, 2005

It'll be interesting to watch this change from 2009 onward. But I suspect it won't change much.

California...NOT a High Tax State

I ran across this interesting study of the California tax system today. Despite claims by right wingers, California ranks 17th in terms of total state & local taxes as a percentage of income, and we're right about the average for the country. And our motor fuels taxes rank far behind the national average. We're also the only state that requires a supermajority to pass a budget or tax increase.

But the thing that struck me most was this: