From Sunday's NY Daily News:
Alaska gets $1.84 in federal spending for every dollar it pays in federal taxes. We in New York get just 79 cents on the dollar.
Which means we subsidize Alaska even as it enjoys a $2 billion-plus budget surplus.
Even as New York faces a huge deficit that will require ever more painful cuts.
And, on top of a budget surplus, Alaska has a special fund drawn from oil profits that doles out dough to every resident annually.
The check this year is $1,281 for each and every person who has resided in Alaska for a year. Those who die or are born in the midst of a year still get the full check.
The amount is liable to federal taxation, but that same $1.84 back for every dollar comes into play for the state as a whole.
All told, oil-rich Alaska tops the list of states that get more back than what they give.
So, how's that subsidy, welfare-y thing working out for ya, Sarah?
Maybe there will be more reality shows featuring other big names in the Tea Party who call for cuts in government spending even as their home states are subsidized by the rest of us.
There could be Sen. Jim DeMint's South Carolina, which gets $1.35 on the dollar.
There could also be Sen.-elect Rand Paul's Kentucky, which rakes in $1.51.
Compare those states to two that are in financial crisis and suffer an even worse balance of payments than we do in New York.
California receives only 78 cents on the dollar.
And New Jersey gets just 61 cents, though it does have a hit reality show.
Read more: Sarah Palin's true reality: 'Free' Alaska is a welfare state that enjoys generous federal subsidies
Alaska gets $1.84 in federal spending for every dollar it pays in federal taxes. We in New York get just 79 cents on the dollar.
Which means we subsidize Alaska even as it enjoys a $2 billion-plus budget surplus.
Even as New York faces a huge deficit that will require ever more painful cuts.
And, on top of a budget surplus, Alaska has a special fund drawn from oil profits that doles out dough to every resident annually.
The check this year is $1,281 for each and every person who has resided in Alaska for a year. Those who die or are born in the midst of a year still get the full check.
The amount is liable to federal taxation, but that same $1.84 back for every dollar comes into play for the state as a whole.
All told, oil-rich Alaska tops the list of states that get more back than what they give.
So, how's that subsidy, welfare-y thing working out for ya, Sarah?
Maybe there will be more reality shows featuring other big names in the Tea Party who call for cuts in government spending even as their home states are subsidized by the rest of us.
There could be Sen. Jim DeMint's South Carolina, which gets $1.35 on the dollar.
There could also be Sen.-elect Rand Paul's Kentucky, which rakes in $1.51.
Compare those states to two that are in financial crisis and suffer an even worse balance of payments than we do in New York.
California receives only 78 cents on the dollar.
And New Jersey gets just 61 cents, though it does have a hit reality show.
Read more: Sarah Palin's true reality: 'Free' Alaska is a welfare state that enjoys generous federal subsidies