The largest
hidden part of State Budgets comes from Federal Grants. You can find it in the
CAFR Audit, but nowhere else. States do
report their State budgets on line and this budget reports revenue and expanses
from State Taxes only. In addition,
States routinely get an additional 30% in funds from federal government
agencies.
States
need to apply for federal grants and these grants have had “strings attached”
that result in new State Laws and regulations passed by State legislatures to
comply with grant requirements. These are the “puppet masters”.
The
Federal Grants these States receive each year span from $96 billion for
California to $1.3 billion for Wyoming as they did in 2016. States have become
dependent on these grants to fund healthcare, education, welfare, economic
development and other projects.
California
received $96 billion in 2016 in Federal Grants to States. This is 36.2% of
their State budget. New York is next with $49.5 billion. This is 32.8% of their
State budget. Next is Texas with $45 billion. This is 35.3% of their State
budget.
Pennsylvania got $27.2 billion
(34.8%). Florida got $24.9 billion
(31.8%). Michigan got $22.7 billion (41.6%), New Jersey $17.4 billion (29.1%),
Illinois $16.8 billion (30%), Arizona
$15.8 billion (38.9%), Georgia $13.4 billion (28.2%), North Carolina $13 billion (29.3%), Ohio
$12.5 billion (18.5%), Washington $12.5 billion (27.9%), Indiana $12.4 billion
(39.6%), Kentucky $12.2 billion (37.3%),
Maryland $11.6 billion (28%), Minnesota $11.5 billion (30.1%), Wisconsin $10.8
billion (23.6%), Oregon $10.3 billion (27.8%), Louisiana $10.3 billion (35%), Alabama $10.1 billion (38.3%), Virginia $9.9
billion (20.1%), Massachusetts $9.8 billion (16.1%), Mississippi $9.6 billion
(43%), Colorado $9.5 billion (26.3%), Missouri $7.7 billion (31.2%), South
Carolina $7.7 billion (33.4%), Oklahoma $7.7 billion (33.7%), Arkansas $7.3 billion (30.6%), Iowa $6.4
billion (28%), Connecticut $6.1 billion (19.7%), Kansas $4 billion (26%),
Nevada $4 billion (34.6%), Utah $3.8 billion (27.8%), West Virginia $3.3
billion (20.7%), Alaska $3.3 billion (31.1%), Rhode Island $3.1 billion
(31.7%), Nebraska $3 billion (25.7%), Idaho $2.9 billion (36.6%), Hawaii $2.6
billion (18.5%), Maine $2.5 billion (31.5%), Montana $2.4 billion (37.1%), Delaware
$2.2 billion (21%), New Hampshire $2.2 billion (37.4%), Vermont $2 billion (36.2%), North Dakota $1.8
billion (22.1%), South Dakota $1.4 billion (33.7%), Wyoming $1.3 billion
(16.6%).
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea
Party Leader
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