Woolleybugger
Mayor
On average, every New Hampshire resident received $4,850 in direct assistance from federal programs in 2010 — that’s everything from the Medicare prescription drug benefit to Pell grants. According to a 2011 Census Bureau report, federal money also accounted for 30 cents of every dollar of New Hampshire state revenue in fiscal 2009, the most recent year for which comprehensive data are available. Federal money helps states pay for building roads and fixing bridges, among numerous other kinds of projects. [...]
Iowa received more federal money than New Hampshire in 2009. Thirty-three percent ($5.4 billion) of state revenue came from federal sources in that year…In addition to the billions of federal dollars that helped finance the state’s government, Iowa residents received substantial direct federal assistance. On average in 2010, residents of the state each received $5,400 from all federal programs. Iowans paid on average $5,175 in federal taxes that year — that includes income taxes as well as excise and other kinds of taxes, but excludes corporate incomes taxes. On balance, that means Iowans collected more federal benefits than they paid in federal taxes.
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Now some may say this is unfair. We get corn from Iowa and daggummit, they are real American Patriots out there in Madison County. They ain't like them negras in the cities popping out picannies like watermelon seeds from a hungry sharecropper on a hot day. Why, we know most of the folks on food stamps are actually working poor. We know they are not just sitting around doing nothing getting fat on bon bons while those patriotic Iowans work hard to earn their welfare. We know that because...well daggummit, they are white folks..thats why we know it...
Iowa received more federal money than New Hampshire in 2009. Thirty-three percent ($5.4 billion) of state revenue came from federal sources in that year…In addition to the billions of federal dollars that helped finance the state’s government, Iowa residents received substantial direct federal assistance. On average in 2010, residents of the state each received $5,400 from all federal programs. Iowans paid on average $5,175 in federal taxes that year — that includes income taxes as well as excise and other kinds of taxes, but excludes corporate incomes taxes. On balance, that means Iowans collected more federal benefits than they paid in federal taxes.
Think Progress...
Now some may say this is unfair. We get corn from Iowa and daggummit, they are real American Patriots out there in Madison County. They ain't like them negras in the cities popping out picannies like watermelon seeds from a hungry sharecropper on a hot day. Why, we know most of the folks on food stamps are actually working poor. We know they are not just sitting around doing nothing getting fat on bon bons while those patriotic Iowans work hard to earn their welfare. We know that because...well daggummit, they are white folks..thats why we know it...
