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You misunderstand 'redistribution'. On the Federal level many if not most high GDP Blue States get less back then they pay in Fed taxes. I've posted the facts on that many times here.

Guess what? The pattern repeats within our State.

Within our State if all you had was the taxes you paid in you wouldn't have enough to repair and rebuild jack in your neck of the woods.

But, that's NOT the way it works....

We'll call this lesson: Know Your State.


Chicago gets most of the state money, right? Think again, according to new study

https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217665185.html

By Joseph Bustos

September 07, 2018 05:00 AM, Updated September 07, 2018 01:05 PM


A popular belief is that when it comes to state funding, Chicago gets all the public money. But a recent study found, that downstate counties, for the most part, get back more than what they send to Springfield.

For example, for every $1 St. Clair County sends to state coffers, it receives $1.13 back. Madison County receives $1.10 back.

In the rural counties, it’s even more. Clinton County gets $2.42 back, and $3.08 is returned to Randolph County for every dollar it sends, according to the study. Only Monroe County receives less, getting 49 cents back for every dollar in taxes it pays.

WTF!! You'd better start sending me some free corn on the cob.

Most southwestern Illinois counties receive more in state general fund money than they send to state coffers, according to the recently released analysis by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

The money typically comes in the form of state aid for public school districts, as well as funding for downstate prisons, mental health facilities, Medicaid and community colleges and universities.

The institute looked at, among other things, the perception about whether the state does a good job at distributing government resources, and how those dollars are allocated.

Researchers found that there is a perception that Chicago gets more than its fair share of money, and the state does not do a good job at distributing government resources equally across rural, urban and suburban areas.

In reality, Chicago only gets 80 cents back for every dollar it puts in. The suburban collar counties fare even worse, with DuPage County getting back only 31 cents.

The study looked at income tax data by county as well as sales tax revenue, lottery sales, state aid to schools and community college, higher education expenditures, state operations and local governments.

Study authors excluded revenue from motor fuel taxes, vehicle license fees, tollways and expenditures for capital projects.

Included in the study was polling data by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, which found there is a common belief that rural areas get less than their fair share and suburban areas get more than their fair share. The study found 55 percent of people in Chicago believe urban areas get less than their fair share.

“The downstate voters are the most alienated or disenchanted with their lot from state government as compared to their peers in the other two regions in the state,” the study said.


Former Governor Jim Edgar, a Republican who served from 1991-99, said he wasn’t surprised by the study’s findings and said it’s been true for years.

“Downstate gets more money than they send to Springfield. Chicago doesn’t get quite as much, but who really pays the most is the suburbs,” Edgar said. “They don’t get as much money back and they pay more money. ... (They’re) wealthier both in income and property value.”

Downstate Illinois benefits from the state tax and spend mix, the study wrote. “The 96 downstate counties, as a group, receive about 50 percent more in state spending than they contribute in tax revenue.

“The lower income regions of Illinois as a whole are receiving significantly more in state expenditures than they contribute in taxes,” the study wrote. “Indeed in the most southern region, there would be very little economic activity at all without the state.”

Read more here: https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217665185.html#storylink=cpy



Disbursement of state money

How much general fund money is sent by each county to Springfield, and how much each county receives.




County Ratio per $1 Revenue to the state Disbursements to the county


Cook $0.80 $11,925,148,518 $9,515,776,084
Dupage $0.31 $2,738,909,746 $850,866,241
Kane $0.76 $1,082,636,293 $820,072,628
Lake $0.39 $2,151,565,097 $848,508,822
McHenry $0.42 $648,667,262 $272,598,913
Will $0.68 $1,402,726,419 $946,909,089
Bond $1.85 $23,713,245 $43,918,319
Clinton $2.42 $64,894,472 $157,161,499
Madison $1.10 $489,544,441 $538,829,494
Monroe $0.49 $66,117,098 $32,509,825
Randolph $3.08 $58,749,712 $180,921,286
St. Clair $1.13 $465,735,103 $525,228,978
Washington $1.18 $26,799,930 $31,715,131


Chart: Belleville News Democrat •Source:Paul Simon Public Policy Institute • Get the data