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He's on a squidasaki. I'm a little disappointed there wasn't a GSXR involved

China can do that because they're rolling in 'FU' money. As in 'FU America, we have all your money.'

We're talking about halfway house-type deals. Govt money paying for those too, just not the supervision.

Where are all the die-hard "tough on crime" folks? It's NBD and saves a ton of money until its your daughter that's raped from a guy who's had 40 "slaps on the wrist" for misc "petty" offenses like vandalism, shoplifting, drugs, bar fighting, etc.

I guess this is a better chart

United States Federal Tax Dollars

United States Federal Tax Dollars: Federal Tax Payments Per State

The federal taxes paid per capita vary widely by state. New England has some of the largest tax payments per capita while the states with the lowest per-capita payments are scattered elsewhere in the country.

The place with highest federal tax payments per capita is Washington, D.C., with $11,582. The state with the second-highest federal tax payments is Connecticut with $11,522 per capita. The state with the third-highest federal tax payments is New Jersey with $9,902 per capita. The fourth-highest federal tax payments per capita come from Massachusetts with $9,792. The state with fifth-highest federal tax payments per capita is Maryland with $8,812.

The state with the lowest federal tax payments is Mississippi with $4,281 per capita. The state with the second-lowest federal tax payments is Louisiana with $4,565 per capita. The state with the third-lowest federal tax payments per capita is West Virginia with $4,861. The state with the fourth-lowest federal tax payments per capita is Arkansas with $5,030. The state with the fifth-lowest federal tax payments per capita is New Mexico with $5,153.

Federal Tax Allotments Per State

The place with highest federal tax allotments per capita is Washington, D.C., with $65,109. The state with the second-highest federal tax allotments per capita is Alaska with $13,950. The state with the third-highest federal tax allotments per capita is Virginia $16,610. The state with the fourth-highest federal tax allotments per capita is Maryland with $11,956. The state with the fifth-highest federal tax allotments per capita is New Mexico with $10,733.

The state with the lowest federal tax allotments per capita is Nevada with $5,889. The state with the second-lowest federal tax allotments per capita is Utah with $5,944. The state with the third-lowest federal tax allotments per capita is Wisconsin with $6,113. The state with the fourth-lowest federal tax allotments per capita is Oregon with $6,285. The state with the fifth-lowest federal tax allotments per capita is Illinois with $6,334.

Federal Tax Dollars Received Per Tax Dollars Paid Per State

New Jersey receives 0.61 for each tax dollar paid. Nevada receives 0.65 per tax dollar paid. Connecticut receives 0.69 for each tax dollar paid New Hampshire receives 0.71 for each tax dollar it pays. Minnesota receives 0.72 per tax dollar paid. Illinois receives 0.75 for each tax dollar it pays. Delaware receives 0.77 per tax dollar paid. California receives 0.78 per tax dollar paid.

New York receives 0.79 per tax dollar paid. Colorado receives 0.81 per tax dollar paid. Massachusetts receives 0.82 for each tax dollar it pays. Wisconsin receives 0.86 per tax dollar paid. Washington receives 0.88 per tax dollar paid. Michigan receives 0.92 per tax dollar paid. Texas receives 0.94 per tax dollar paid. Florida receives 0.97 for each tax dollar it pays. Oregon receives 0.98 per tax dollar paid. Rhode Island receives 1.00 per tax dollar paid. Georgia receives 1.01 per tax dollar paid.

Indiana receives 1.05 for each tax dollar it pays. Ohio receives 1.05 per tax dollar paid. Pennsylvania receives 1.07 per tax dollar paid. Utah receives 1.07 per tax dollar paid. North Carolina receives 1.08 per tax dollar paid. Vermont receives 1.08 for each tax dollar it pays. Iowa receives 1.10 per tax dollar paid. Nebraska receives 1.10 per tax dollar paid. Wyoming receives 1.11 per tax dollar paid. Kansas receives 1.12 for each tax dollar it pays.

Arizona receives 1.19 per tax dollar paid. Idaho receives 1.21 per tax dollar paid. Tennessee receives 1.27 per tax dollar paid. Maryland receives 1.30 for each tax dollar it pays. Missouri receives 1.32 per tax dollar paid. South Carolina receives 1.35 per tax dollar paid. Oklahoma receives 1.36 per tax dollar paid. Arkansas receives 1.41 per tax dollar paid. Maine receives 1.41 per tax dollar paid. Hawaii receives 1.44 per tax dollar paid. Montana receives 1.47 per tax dollar paid.

Kentucky receives 1.51 per tax dollar paid. Virginia receives 1.51 per tax dollar paid. South Dakota receives 1.53 per tax dollar paid. Alabama receives 1.66 per tax dollar paid. North Dakota receives 1.68 per tax dollar paid. West Virginia receives 1.76 per tax dollar paid. Louisiana receives 1.78 per tax dollar paid. Alaska receives 1.84 per tax dollar paid. Mississippi receives 2.02 per tax dollar paid. New Mexico receives 2.03 per tax dollar paid.

Visual Economics: United States Federal Tax Dollars - VisualEconomics.com http://www.visualeconomics.com/united-states-federal-tax-dollars/#ixzz18gwyLq24

http://www.visualeconomics.com/

I'm sorry, I didn't find any relevance there. I posted 2010 numbers. You posted 2004 numbers. Try again?

I can't find apples-to-apples data... but I have per capita expenditures of FedGov money back to the states... the graph is pretty similar. So, the data really isn't all that different.

States That Received the Most Federal Funds

Last week Michael Powell wrote about the federal tax dollars that gush to Alaska each year. Today the Census Bureau has released updated figures on how much each state receives in federal funding per capita, and once again Alaska came out on top. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2009.

Obligations for federal domestic spending rose 16 percent in fiscal year 2009 to $3.2 trillion. That comes out to $10,548 per person living in the United States.

Alaska received nearly twice the national average, taking in $20,351.13 per resident, the most of any American state. The state with the second-highest total in per-capita federal funds received was Virginia, at $19,734.

The District of Columbia, however, received an even higher amount per capita than both those states. The nation’s capital received $83,196.12 per resident, mainly because of salaries and wages paid to the many federal employees who work there.

The state receiving the least federal money per resident was Nevada, which obtained $7,148.49 per capita, followed by Utah with $7,434.65 per capita.

Click on the interactive map below to see the amount of per-capita funds received for different categories of federal spending (retirement and disability, grants, procurement, salaries and wages, and other direct payments).

Though it doesn't account for taxes paid into the FedGov by the states either

The REAL source that I figured you didn't want to comb through -- Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2009 Issued August 2010

The report also looks at Ohio's overcrowded and expensive prison system and recommends a number of proposals that Sen. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, has been pushing for this entire two-year term. They include moving more nonviolent offenders into community-based centers and expanding earned credit for prisoners.

Crime w/o punishment... sweet.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html

Red States Feed at Federal Trough, Blue States Supply the Feed

Monday, September 27, 2004

The Tax Foundation has released a fascinating report showing which states benefit from federal tax and spending policies, and which states foot the bill.

The report shows that of the 32 states (and the District of Columbia) that are "winners" -- receiving more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 76% are Red States that voted for George Bush in 2000. Indeed, 17 of the 20 (85%) states receiving the most federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Red States. Here are the Top 10 states that feed at the federal trough (with Red States highlighted in bold):

States Receiving Most in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1. D.C. ($6.17)

2.

North Dakota

($2.03)

3. New Mexico ($1.89)

4.

Mississippi

($1.84)

5.

Alaska

($1.82)

6.

West Virginia

($1.74)

7.

Montana

($1.64)

8.

Alabama

($1.61)

9.

South Dakota

($1.59)

10.

Arkansas

($1.53)

In contrast, of the 16 states that are "losers" -- receiving less in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes -- 69% are Blue States that voted for Al Gore in 2000. Indeed, 11 of the 14 (79%) of the states receiving the least federal spending per dollar of federal taxes paid are Blue States. Here are the Top 10 states that supply feed for the federal trough (with Blue States highlighted in bold):

States Receiving Least in Federal Spending Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Paid:

1.

New Jersey

($0.62)

2.

Connecticut

($0.64)

3. New Hampshire ($0.68)

4. Nevada ($0.73)

5.

Illinois

($0.77)

6.

Minnesota

($0.77)

7. Colorado ($0.79)

8.

Massachusetts

($0.79)

9.

California

($0.81)

10.

New York

($0.81)

Two states -- Florida and Oregon (coincidentally, the two closest states in the 2000 Presidential election) -- received $1.00 in federal spending for each $1.00 in federal taxes paid.

Kill all that stuff and leave it to the states, and you'll end up sending all the poor people to the rich states to take care of them since all the poor states can't.

I hope you guys like sweet tea.

Whoever pays the mortgage gets the garage space. No negotiating.

Until the bitchin' got too much for me to handle... the bikes went into the dining room, the GN went to my parents, and now we can get her car and my truck in the garage.

This "moto guzzi" is strange and different from all the other strange and different members on here.

I'm skeerd.

best advice, the old lady and I live way below our means and put a bunch of money into our retirement plans

What happens if you die tomorrow???... Think of all that fun money you could've spent instead of living for a tomorrow that never came...

That's usually the rebuttal I get. Strike a responsible, affordable, comfortable, balance.

didn't your boy obama do some of that?

While I do <3 the Boondocks, TARP was initiated under Bush and followed through by Obama. So, do you blame the bailout or the lack of oversight that caused it? Either way the onus really isn't on Obama other than finishing what was already started.

And Ben, don't take my last post the wrong way... I don't mean for it to come off like I'm jumpin down your stuff, because it's not like I have all the answers either, but based on my readings and research I don't see where the profit motive / free market fits within our societal structure, which Pauly already noted... is basically just a Plutocracy disguised as a Democracy. The "free market" is what lead to the current structure, so resetting the field is just going to make it evolve into the same all over again.

I didn't come in the thread and start advocating it. That's why I asked what cuts YOU would make and the reforms you would institute... so then I can get on Google and see if they pan out. Logically and economically.

Surely you have facts and data to support your positions...

Free market failed with the bailout. Privatize the rewards and socialize the losses.

And with the US population growing, how do you propose we make smaller gov't to service the needs of the growing populace? Where would you make the cuts? I don't want to wait 4 hrs at the BMV each time I need plates for a new vehicle.

Free market will fix it all... don't worry. All those tax cuts and smaller gov't will make everything run smoother.

I liked this article too. If you can't get a job in the Catholic diocese, TSA's prime employment for pedophiles who can spend all day groping your children's pre-pubescent naughty bits.

10,000 Child Porn Images Found On Ex-TSA Worker’s Computer

The TSA Let a Loaded Gun Get on an Airplane

A man accidentally brought his loaded .40 caliber gun onto an airplane. He didn't know he had it. Neither did the TSA, who completely missed it during its scan and allowed that plane to fly. Apparently, this happens a lot.

Farid Seif, a Houston businessman, usually carries the weapon around for protection. He didn't realize he had kept the glock in his carry-on computer bag until he was mid-flight. Once he landed, he immediately reported the incident (and was stunned he was able to get it on board without hassle). That something like this happened should be scary in itself, but authorities tell ABC News says that that sort of incident isn't exactly uncommon:

Experts say every year since the September 11 attacks, federal agencies have conducted random, covert tests of airport

security

.

A person briefed on the latest tests tells ABC News the failure rate approaches 70 percent at some major airports. Two weeks ago, TSA's new director said every test gun, bomb part or knife got past screeners at some airports.

We put up with the TSA and their foolish methods in the name of security but if they're not keeping us secure, well shit, why do we put up with it?

[ABC via The Consumerist]

Emphasis added is mine.

This is why I'm not one to trade liberty for perceived "security". So, get off my junk.

Progressive.com for insurance quote

Registration will be approx $60, but it depends on if you have a permit to operate a motorcycle, or have a full endorsement. Permit first, then endorsement, which is an 'on the bike' maneuvering test given by the state. You have to schedule that.

Well, if you're confident in your riding skills and respect the bike... then have at it. Just don't ride like a cocky douche.

First street bike I bought (had about 6 months of riding on the street on a Buell)... I'd been riding 200cc dirtbikes for about a decade before I took to the street.

Hell, my ol' man even helped me find the bike and pick it up with me. I bought it before I even bought my first car.

How long as the OP been riding his 250?

I started out on a Honda CBR1000...."F" model

Funny how the two nay-sayers ride the "my penis is almost invisible" bikes.

Not invisible, it just takes time to catch back up when we're going 200mph.

Peculiar how that application is overwritten after installing Wife 1.0' date=' isn't it? Thank sweet baby Jesus for Mistress 1.1.2, eh? [/quote']

Thats the only thing I can successfully get to run in the background without issue. And the beauty of it is, it's not a resource hog.