Originally Posted by
Grumble
You're taking credit for taxes paid by the top 1% of CA residents. You on the other hand get to deduct your CA state taxes from your federal tax burden, which is a subsidy. Let's not talk about poverty levels and social entitlements keeping a sizeable portion of the states population afloat.
"Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005, for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes, the state got back about $0.94 in benefits.[167] To attract business, Texas has incentive programs worth $19 billion per year (2012); more than any other US state.[171][172]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas
