volinbham
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Higher tax states regularly subsidize lower tax states, and have for awhile.
So I don't understand why this argument is used by blue state peeps who generally complain that rich people don't pay enough taxes.
If you look at individual households, the bottom 50% contribute nothing in Fed income taxes and the top earning households nearly completely subsidize the bottom 50%. Why is that not only okay but not "fair enough" but living in a blue state that subsidizes some red states is a problem?
Also, we see how this occurs - the blue states tend to have the higher earners.
If you argue the rich should pay more then you are also arguing the blue states should subsidize the red states more but I rarely hear that argument.