O'Donnell's bile speaks for itself, but take a look at
http://www.taxfoundation.org/ff/taxingspendingupdate.html
'Blue states' tend somewhat to get less from the Feds than their red counterparts. Does getting a lot of Federal money make the recipient states skeptical of its value? Are the blue states simply more willing to bribe others to get their favorite sons into power?
Mean federal expenditure per dollar of federal taxes paid is $1.12.
01 - North Dakota 2.03
02 - New Mexico 1.89
03 - Mississippi 1.84
04 - Alaska 1.82
05 - West Virginia 1.74
25 - Kansas 1.14
26 - Vermont 1.12
41 - California 0.81
42 - New York 0.81
44 - Massachusetts 0.79
46 - Minnesota 0.46
47 - Nevada 0.73
48 - New Hampshire 0.68
49 - Connecticut 0.64
50 - New Jersey 0.52
Virginia gets a lot, but that is because we have lots of military installations and the biggest naval station in the world.
Portsmouth Virginia is at a distinct disadvantage on tax base because the Federal Government owns so much of the land.
O'Donnell is beginning to look a lot like an Orc.