http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012/11/19/fuck-these-people Comments On: Fuck These People by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by tODD]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:17:09 -0800 Portland Mercury
BC only gets $1500, which is $3 per tax dollar. The average is (0.5 + 0.5 + 3) / 3 = 1.333

Still. The point stands. Bonus marks for anyone who caught that.
Posted by borkborkbork]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:05:02 -0800 Portland Mercury "Note: Data has been adjusted to be deficit neutral using the method described by the Tax Foundation in its earlier analysis of federal spending versus federal taxes paid."

Yes, there is a very large federal deficit. If they included that in the calculation, the numbers would be less meaningful because every state would be receiving more than they contribute.

Now, class, let's have a numerical example of how the "average" can be different from 1 without a deficit.

A three-state nation is born: Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.

Oregon and Washington each pay $1000 in taxes. The lazy Canucks only pay $500. We split the revenue fairly: BC gets $2000 for its socialist health care and Oregon and Washington get $500 each. Revenue netural, no deficit, no money printing.

Oregon and Washington get $0.50 in spending for each dollar in taxes. BC gets $4 per dollar in taxes. The average is $1.66.

You at the back, are you paying attention? Spit out that gum.
Posted by borkborkbork]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:48:45 -0800 Portland Mercury
Also, looks like Oregon has now joined the "getting more than they give" club. It wasn't, last time I looked. Meanwhile, Texas continues to give more than they get. Who's moochin' now, friends?
Posted by tODD]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:28:46 -0800 Portland Mercury
I mean, here's an example. You live in a house with four roommates. Everyone pays $100 in rent. Your landlord then pays back that money to the renters based on improvement projects they propose. Roommate A wants to paint the downstairs, and he gets $185 to do it. Roommate B wants to fix the chairs, and he gets $151 to do it. Roommate C's project is funded for $100, while Roommate D only gets $80 for his project.

They each got an average of $129 for every $100 they put in (total of $400 in, but total of $516 paid out). Guess who's short $116?

Honestly, if you can't work this out, no wonder our nation's budget is in the shape it is.
Posted by tODD]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:22:45 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by david]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:49:02 -0800 Portland Mercury
other states
Posted by read it]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:41:59 -0800 Portland Mercury
everyone who disliked my comment and liked mr. maaath are the real idiots here. or would you like to explain to me where that extra 29 cents is coming from? instead of just insulting someone why not educate me if i'm wrong.
Posted by david]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:37:28 -0800 Portland Mercury R U R A L ' M E R K A!
Posted by GeezRilly?]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:42:25 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by maaaath]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:37:16 -0800 Portland Mercury Posted by david]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:26:57 -0800 Portland Mercury