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minus-square@pearsaltchocolatebarlink-4•5 months agoPer your link, Texas is pretty low on the list of federal funds as a percentage of the budget. Much less so than many northern states. Just looking at the amount of money received is a poor metric.
minus-squareniftylinkfedilink4•5 months agoTo me that implies TX will have a 20% gap to fill, and I am not sure that 20% counts as “pretty low”. What do you mean? FWIW, I didn’t downvote you.
minus-square@NegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 months agoOh that’s easy, they’ll just make that the new sales tax! Take I from the poor with more regressive taxes.
Per your link, Texas is pretty low on the list of federal funds as a percentage of the budget. Much less so than many northern states.
Just looking at the amount of money received is a poor metric.
To me that implies TX will have a 20% gap to fill, and I am not sure that 20% counts as “pretty low”. What do you mean? FWIW, I didn’t downvote you.
Oh that’s easy, they’ll just make that the new sales tax! Take I from the poor with more regressive taxes.