Keeping it civil instead of returning to our dark ways

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
State Ranking of Per Capita Spending, Per-Capita Tax Return on the Federal Tax Dollar: Fiscal 2002

1 New Mexico 2.34
2 North Dakota 2.04
3 Alaska 1.91
4 Mississippi 1.88
5 West Virginia 1.81
6 Montana 1.65
7 Alabama 1.64
8 South Dakota 1.58
9 Hawaii 1.56
10 Arkansas 1.55

11 Oklahoma 1.52
12 Virginia 1.51
13 Kentucky 1.50
14 Louisiana 1.49
15 South Carolina 1.34
16 Maine 1.34
17 Missouri 1.33
18 Idaho 1.31
19 Maryland 1.30
20 Tennessee 1.28

21 Iowa 1.22
22 Arizona 1.21
23 Nebraska 1.18
24 Utah 1.15
25 Kansas 1.13
26 Vermont 1.13
27 Pennsylvania 1.10
28 Rhode Island 1.10
29 North Carolina 1.08
30 Wyoming 1.05

31 Ohio 1.04
32 Georgia 1.04
33 Indiana 1.01
34 Florida 1.00
35 Oregon 0.98
36 Texas 0.96
37 Michigan 0.90
38 Washington 0.89
39 Wisconsin 0.89
40 New York 0.87

41 Delaware 0.86
42 Colorado 0.80
43 California 0.79
44 Massachusetts 0.78
45 Illinois 0.78
46 Minnesota 0.78
47 Nevada 0.76
48 Connecticut 0.69
49 New Hampshire 0.69
50 New Jersey 0.66

Facts are a most effective tool in shutting up the "no it isn't" corner, and its "Best Post Ever" award ceremony.