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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (202108)	9/13/2017 2:52:05 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Respond to of 224718

As the response pointed out Texas residents actually pay more federal taxes, then they would have if TX was a high tax state. State taxes can be deducted from federal income taxes, low taxes in a state means there is less to deduct, therefore more federal taxes paid (also the lower taxes in TX help keep its economy strong resulting in a bigger tax base). i expect with the population of texas they may pay more federal taxes that the average states. Much more. Of course a high population also means that there are more people who might receive federal aid, so maybe the per capita federal taxes paid is more important. Texas has the 2nd biggest population, and Texas residents pay the 2nd highest total amount of federal taxes. Per capita TX residents paid the 17th most out of any state in 2015 (18th most if you include non-state districts, territories and protectorates such as DC) See en.wikipedia.org