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[Jester]

Yes. Did you read what I wrote? New York received $157,789,000,000, whereas North Dakota received $6,766,000,000. New York received over 23 times more federal funds.

Did *you* read what you wrote? Here's the key part, in bold:

The amount of spending on large states like NY is much higher than for small states like North Dakota, however you wish to measure it per capita, or per revenue dollar received.

New York may have received 23 times the funds, but it has over 30 times the population. Since per capita measurements are the only ones that make sense I think the point stands - New Yorkers are paying out, and North Dakotans are collecting.

-Jester

(Afterthought: Measuring federal spending per federal dollar received is a novel concept. I think you'll find all states are shockingly equal, measured that way.)