How is it possible that you can get government benefits faster is some states than others?
I have been told by 3 people that if you live up north you can get food stamps. government housing and the like faster than in the South. They also said that you can receive disability benefits within 3 months after applying. All of this goes through the same government, so how could that be?
Thank you
Many benefits programs are administered by the states. They may be partially paid for by federal block grants, but the states administer them.
You may be encountering a form of self-fulfilling prophesy: if the leaders and workers of your state government believe “government is the problem” and “government can’t do anything right” it’s not too surprising that their system is less efficient that a system administered and run by folks who believe government CAN solve some problems.
Along the lines of states and federal spending, check out this table of Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State: http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/62.html
You’ll find that Alaska got $1.87 back for for every dollar paid in Federal taxes. Montana: $1.58 per dollar; Mississippi: $1.77 per dollar; and Arizona: $1.30 per dollar. That’s right, Arizona, home of John McCain gets 30% more out of the federal government than in pays in. And there are plenty more like that. Here’s a few: OK: $1.48; AR: $1.47; AL: $1.71; SC: $1.38; NC: $1.10; KY: $1.45; WV: 1.83; VA: $1.66. (See http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22685.html for other years)
So who is financing all this? What states pay more in taxes than they receive in federal expenditures? California: $0.79 per dollar; New York: $0.79 per dollar; Michigan: $0.85 per dollar; Illinois: $0.73 per dollar; Massachusetts: $0.77 per dollar; New Jersey: $0.55 per dollar; MN: $.69; WI: $.82; CT: $.66. Texas finances a bit too they get back $.94 per dollar paid.
For California, the tax burden was $7012 per capita. With 36 million people, that’s 252 billion in taxes paid. Applying the .79 return rate, we see California paid almost $53 billion in “welfare” to other states in that one year.
For Texas, the total tax burden was $5841 per capita. With 22.49 million people, that’s $131 billion in taxes paid. Applying the .94 return rate, we see Texas put $7.882 billion more into the treasury than it received. Small potatoes compared to California, but it’s something.
These figures are from 2004. If you noticed a trend that blue states tend to be losers in this deal, and red states tend to be winners (not always; Texas gets $0.94) then bravo – you have spotted the true trend. Its really quite eye-opening.
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