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To: mel221 who wrote (144368)7/11/2014 11:06:19 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Mostly it was a sick joke

Mostly the generational welfare society people live in the red states, not Chicago.

Georgia is #9January 24, 2014 9:50 am

by Jon Richards · … in using federal dollars as a percentage of state general revenue. That’s according to the Tax Foundation. In fiscal year 2011, 41.1% of the state’s budget was made up of federal money. The chart below, which you can click to enlarge, has the information for all the states.



Mississippi is #1, with 49% of its revenue coming from the feds, followed by Louisiana, with 46.5%

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