'Blue state bailouts'? Some states like New York send billions more to federal government than they get back
- Written by Laura Schultz, Director of Fiscal Analysis and Senior Economist, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Empire State College
Eight states send far more to the federal government through taxes than they see in annual federal spending.Noam Galai/Getty ImagesWhen Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, expressed reluctance to fund coronavirus relief for hard-hit cities and states, suggesting they would be “blue state bailouts,” New York...