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A comparison of US Federal spending by state, with states that pay more (in taxes) than they receive in one column (left) and states that receive more than they pay in the other (right). States are colored red or blue depending on how they voted in the 2004 US presidential election.

Source: Michael James Pinto (design; research: Jesse Erlbaum), via Democratic Action Team