Stu Pidasso -- Stu, no, Social Security counts into the total. But if, say, Kentucky for example sends the federal government $22 Billion in revenue from taxes in a year, then the federal government can spend only $22 Billion in the state in that year. So they come out 'balanced.' Call it a special version of the 'balanced budget.' So if Social Security spends $15 Billion on Kentucky residents in the year, the the rest of the federal spending has to total $7 Billion or the feds have to close offices, cancel road building, close military installations... whatever it takes to 'balance' the spending. After all, we don't want the good residents of e.g. Kentucky to be "takers", do we? If the good governor of Arkansas, or the Senator from Kentucky is on board with 'getting the bureaucratic tyrants of Washington out of the wallets' of good Arkansas and Kentucky residents, then it seems fair to me that the feds get their spending in line with what the residents of that state send to the feds in the first place. No more "taker" states; seems fair to me.

Stu Pidasso -- Stu, no, Social Security counts into the total. But if, say, Kentucky for example sends the federal government $22 Billion in revenue from taxes in a year, then the federal government can spend only $22 Billion in the state in that year. So they come out 'balanced.' Call it a special version of the 'balanced budget.' So if Social Security spends $15 Billion on Kentucky residents in the year, the the rest of the federal spending has to total $7 Billion or the feds have to close offices, cancel road building, close military installations... whatever it takes to 'balance' the spending. After all, we don't want the good residents of e.g. Kentucky to be "takers", do we? If the good governor of Arkansas, or the Senator from Kentucky is on board with 'getting the bureaucratic tyrants of Washington out of the wallets' of good Arkansas and Kentucky residents, then it seems fair to me that the feds get their spending in line with what the residents of that state send to the feds in the first place. No more "taker" states; seems fair to me.

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