Kentucky – Welfare State

This chart is a bit crazy. There are 8 states that pay more in federal taxes than they receive back from the federal government. By and large, those aren’t the states complaining about high taxes. That obviously means 42 states are paying less than they receive, substantially less in many cases.

This is per capita balance of payments. Orange to red are the states paying more than they get back. Gray to blue are the freeloaders. Each Kentucky resident gets over $14K more from the federal government than they contribute.