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685327593 t1_iu1h3gx wrote

Depends on the city. There's a good argument to be made that a city like NYC which gets wealthy off the financial industry is a "taker", but it's a lot harder to make that argument about a city like Houston which produces energy or a city like San Francisco that produces technology.

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685327593 t1_iu1aps8 wrote

Really all just boils down to the progressive nature of the tax code. Lower income states pat less than higher income ones do. However that isn't as useful for drawing political conclusions as people would like to believe because there's no adjustment for cost of living. Blue states generally have higher incomes.. but also higher costs.

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