CHART: Red states (like ours 👋🏽) that want to shutter the Dept of Ed and “send the money back to the states” — are the states that get more out than they put in and depend on it most.
Again: We get ~40% of our state budget from the federal government. https://www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/
Again: We get ~40% of our state budget from the federal government. https://www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/
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Problem is the Fed will still collect the tax, just use it for lowing 1% tax costs.
Oh well.
And.... demonstrating why they should care.