Who Pays for America?

Ever wonder where your federal tax dollars go? Spoiler: it’s probably not your neighborhood. In this episode, we follow the money and it leads straight to states that take more than they give, complain the loudest, and somehow still get to make the rules.

1. Intro
2. Who's paying the bills?
3. Who's making the rules?
4. The cost of compromise
5. What needs to change?
6. So what do we do?
7. Closing

Music by Loghan Longoria
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Resources & References

• USAFacts: Which States Contribute the Most and Least to Federal Revenue
• Rockefeller Institute of Government: Giving or Getting? Balance of Payments by State
• MarketWatch: Why Are Red States Fighting Federal Budget Cuts?
• The Conversation: Blue States Send Billions More to Washington Than They Get Back
• Pew Charitable Trusts: Federal Spending in the States Interactive Tool
• Rockefeller Institute of Government: https://rockinst.org/issue-area/giving-or-getting
• USAFacts – Federal Revenue vs Spending by State: https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-contribute-the-most-and-least-to-federal-revenue
• The Conversation – Tax Contributions by State: https://theconversation.com/blue-state-bailouts-some-states-like-new-york-send-billions-more-to-federal-government-than-they-get-back-137950
• Brookings Institution – The Wealth of Cities vs Rural America: https://www.brookings.edu/research/city-and-metropolitan-income-inequality-data-update/
• Pew Research – Federal Spending by State: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/data-visualizations/2022/federal-spending-in-the-states
• Federal Taxes: Who Pays in vs. Who Gets Back Rockefeller Institute of Government – rockinst.org
• Pew Charitable Trusts – pewtrusts.org
• Medicaid Expansion and Costs Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) – kff.org
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – cbpp.org
• Gun Trafficking Into Blue States ATF Firearms Trace Data – atf.gov
• Chicago PD Crime Gun Reports – home.chicagopolice.org
• EPA Good Neighbor Rule – epa.gov
• Court filings via PacerMonitor – pacermonitor.com
• Guttmacher Institute – guttmacher.org
• Planned Parenthood – plannedparenthood.org
• U.S. Constitution – archives.gov
• Electoral College Info – archives.gov/electoral-college
• National Popular Vote Interstate Compact – nationalpopularvote.com
• Library of Congress – loc.gov
• Brookings Institution – brookings.edu
• Annenberg Public Policy Center – annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org