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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Some of this stuff, sure, is a subsidy. (although I imagine California gets as much as anywhere). But sending military money is hardly a subsidy. I'm as protected by a naval base in Virginia or Mississippi as I am by one in Maine or New York. And same for where they build the battleships. Sending the money to a particular state is certainly political, but it's not a subsidy, because I'm still getting the benefit.
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If every state received $1.00 in federal spending for every $1.00 paid in taxes, there'd be no subsidy. The fact that some states receive much more of the largess than they pay for results in a subsidy.
And surely you get some benefit from military bases, but I don't think Senator Thune, Senator Johnson, and Representative Herseth were working so hard to save Ellsworth Air Force Base out of a commitment to the national commonweal.
