Posted on 03/30/2011 4:53:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The federal government gave California's state government $120.7 billion in the 2009-10 fiscal year to underwrite education, health services, welfare grants and dozens of other programs, a very detailed new report from the state auditor's office reveals.
More than a sixth of the money - $23 billion - may have been a one-time injection of funds, however, because it came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, otherwise known as "stimulus." Those funds eased the state's budget crisis, especially in education finance, and their disappearance has exacerbated the current budget deficit.
Education was the largest single category of federal aid to the state during the year at $42 billion, followed by $38.7 billion for health and welfare services. One of the factors in the Capitol's current budget wrangle is how much the state can cut health and welfare spending without running afoul of federal requirements.
Overall, the federal payments to California involve more than 350 specific programs or "program clusters."
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What can one say?
nfw
How much?
baaa baaaa
fleeced like sheep
no, like sheople
thats a staggering number, greater than the entire state budget.
Yeah it is..
altho aRnie&legislativelooters did top it a time or two before then.. ;-)
Can you say redistribution of wealth?
Stealing from everyone else to support the socialist state of CA.
Meanwhile Boehner is weeping to get 30 billion in cuts.
Brace for impact.
Infrastructure, huh? How are Federal payments to support state union jobs infrastructure. I did not see one bridge painted on that list of stimulus giveaways.
Sidenote: saw a piece today that 12% of the bridges here are in bad shape. It’s a shame all that stimulus dough just went up in smoke. altho we did get a resurface job on a local street that was long overdue. took ‘em months or it sure seemed like it.. the signs were up for a year before they started.
This crap must end, we have to STARVE the FED G TO FRIGGIN DEAD!!!!! They are robbing US, we must pass law forbidding them to collect funds from any source but those willingly given by the states which are solvent and not norrowing anything,,, This is total BS..
Borrowing, sorry..
Money... meet rathole....
Los Californians dicen le agradecemos mucho
$120 B is twice what the GOP said they would cut in their budget. With a little guts it looks like we could balance things pretty quick.
False.
Californians see a 78 cent return for every $1 they pay to the feds. Your own state of Maryland sees $1.30 for every $1 paid.
Who is stealing from whom?
That's from 2005 but, historically, CA has been paying more than its fair share since 1986. That disparity has only increased every year since 1994.
If this "aid" indicates a turn on that trend, I'm all for it. As of 2005, 17 states were subsidizing 32 and one broke even.
If your stats are correct then thanks for the information. We need to work on cutting those numbers so no state is supporting another state.
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