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"It's not fair to the taxpayers of Florida. We sit here, we live within our means, and then New York, Illinois, California and other states don't. And we're supposed to go bail them out? That's not right," GOP Sen. Rick Scott tells poolers of sending more money to states

12:35 PM · Apr 27, 2020

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"I get it, we should help states with the coronavirus ... [but] the federal government doesn't pay for everything. And states have an obligation, cities have an obligation to balance their budgets and watch how they spend money, too"

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Burgess Everett

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Apr 27, 2020

"Residents in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York have some of the highest tax bills in the nation. They also pay thousands more in federal taxes than their state receives back in federal funding."

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The Week in Public Finance: The 10 States That Give More to the Feds Than They Get Back

Connecticut tops the list of states whose taxpayers receive the least bang for their buck from the feds.

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Here's a map from the Rockefeller Institute of Govt, showing net flows to/from federal govt to the states. NY is the biggest net donor, Illinois also a net donor; Cali is a wash. Florida? Florida takes. Not that facts trouble Rick Scott much.

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Any large-scale, big-dollar medicare/medicaid cheat has to be good with numbers.

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For every dollar California and Illinois send to Washington, they get $1 back. For every dollar New York sends to Washington, it gets 90c back. For every dollar Florida sends to Washington, it gets $1.12 back.

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Rick Scott's means include a platinum parachute after his company stripped millions from Medicare.

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This is also great argument for New York taxpayers to stop funding low tax states with our federal tax dollars.

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When reporting Scott saying things like this you should always note that Florida takes more from the federal government than it contributes. New York is the biggest subsidizer of other states in the country.