Catherine Rampell of Economix cited this in the daily review of worthwhile reading. This being a graphic representation of tax payments versus Federal spending by state. Wonks Anonymous thinks it is worth a look.

He was surprised and pleased to note that one Red State - that would be Texas - is self sufficient. It gets 94 cents for each dollar that it contributes in Federal Taxes. all of the other bastions of conservative and moderate values are net burdens on the Union.

Here in California we get 74 cents for every dollar we pay. If we promise to spend the other 26 cents on education can we get them back?