Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received by State, 1981-2005 October 19, 2007 http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22685.html further to Red States Feed at Federal Trough, Blue States Supply the Feed September 27, 2004 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html as linked in http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=4515120