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norinco-ak47 t1_iz2a5dz wrote

Reply to comment by immutable_truth in Molly Gray is being honored by the Vermont Council on World Affairs for...something? by RandolphCarter15

The real question is, as a progressive will Balint be able to bring home the bacon..er pork to Vermont. I say no. How much funding has AOC secured for NY?...zero.

Vermont is hugely dependent on federal funding, we are a taker, not a giver state.

I think Gray would have been a far better choice to get that needed funding.

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tripsnoir t1_iz2cirk wrote

Vermont is slightly dependent on federal funding if you look at giver/taker states. There are only 8-ish “donor” states and Vermont is 15th overall in the giver:taker rankings (i.e. the 7th “taker” out of 42 takers. So…again, not “hugely” dependent.

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norinco-ak47 t1_iz2shc4 wrote

Vermont is much more than "slightly" dependent on federal dollars.

A bit dated (2016) " Of the $5.7 billion Vermont budget in fiscal year 2016, roughly 35 percent — or $2.13 billion consisted of federal dollars. " (VT Digger)

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tripsnoir t1_iz3jhre wrote

That's not how this (givers vs takers) works. All states get a good amount of money from the federal government. For instance, NY State, the biggest "giver" state in terms of tax dollars, has a budget that is around 42% federal dollars (source: https://www.osc.state.ny.us/reports/state-fiscal-year-2022-23-enacted-budget-analysis).

What we're talking about here is states that are "givers" (i.e. they send more money to the federal government in tax dollars than they take in federal receipts) or "takers" (i.e. they receive more federal money than they send in tax dollars).

ETA: here is a more recent article that directly addresses this difference: https://vtdigger.org/2020/05/06/margolis-like-most-states-vermont-gets-back-more-from-u-s-than-it-pays-%EF%BB%BF/

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