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- Washington will spend $31,406 per household this year vs. $18,276 in taxes http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/washington-will-spend-31406-per-household-this-year/1086283 49 comments
- Fossil fuel interests spend big to defeat Washington carbon tax https://thinkprogress.org/washington-carbon-tax-opposition-money-8886294620fc#.gkr9rkbfb 4 comments politics
- How Washington spends your taxes http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/11/pf/taxes/how-federal-income-taxes-are-spent/index.html 2 comments politics
- Washington 'Spends' More on Tax Breaks Than on Medicare, Defense, or Social Security http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/washington-spends-more-on-tax-breaks-than-on-medicare-defense-or-social-security/276370/ 56 comments politics
- President Reagan NEVER raised $1 of taxes in exchange for $3 of spending cuts - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-historical-myth-that-reagan-raised-1-in-taxes-for-every-3-in-spending-cuts/2012/12/13/58a33e4c-4555-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_blog.html 5 comments politics
- Washington will spend $31,406 per household in 2010 but only collect $18,276 per household in taxes. The $13,130 difference gets added to our debt. http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/washington-will-spend-31406-per-household-this-year/1086283 28 comments politics
- The Post-Boehner Congress and Washington’s Sense of Dread: His resignation is likely to herald an even more combative stretch in the nation’s capital, emboldening conservatives to defy Mr. Obama on looming decisions regarding spending, debt and taxes. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/us/the-post-boehner-congress-and-washingtons-sense-of-dread.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&wt.nav=top-news 6 comments politics
- "Budget negotiators in Washington are talking only about what spending to cut, not what revenue to raise -- even though there are gaping tax loopholes to close." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-clemente/raising-revenues-must-be_b_8370586.html 6 comments politics
- "Let's make it clear that the President got his tax hikes on Jan. 1," Boehner said. "This discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington." http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boehner-discussion-about-revenue-is-over 25 comments politics
- Secede? States like Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia and North Dakota receive nearly $2 back from the Federal Government for every dollar they send Washington's way, and on average red states receive $1.46 in federal spending for every tax dollar paid. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/component/flexicontent/item/47174-rob-tornoe?itemid=248 49 comments politics
- Should Alaska Leave the Union? - The state that loves to criticize Washington for too much taxing and spending coincidentally accepts more federal money per capita than any other state! http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/08/18/thought-experiment-should-alaska-secede-from-the-u-s.html 5 comments politics
- All eyes in Washington and West Virginia are on Manchin as child tax credit, spending bill hang in balance | Home-state parents push for his support, but the senator hasn’t budged https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/16/manchin-child-tax-credit/ 28 comments politics
- Alberta's oil patch now in uncharted waters with NDP premier. Government would review the royalties rates paid by oil and gas companies, increase corporate taxes, strengthen environmental rules and halt the practice of spending taxpayer dollars to promote pipeline projects in Washington http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-election-oil-patch/article24272879/ 15 comments worldnews
- "Across the red states generally – from Mississipppi, Arkansas, and South Carolina to Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Alaska — there is a clear pattern. More money flows in from Washington via government spending than goes out to Washington via federal taxes..." http://www.nationalmemo.com/looking-for-that-47-percent-mitt-check-red-states-and-elderly-republicans/ 137 comments politics
- Red States Take More From Washington Than They Put In -- Even as Republicans gripe about deficit spending, their states get 30 cents more federal spending per tax dollar than their Democratic neighbors. http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps?mrefid=twitter 4 comments politics