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Old 04-28-2016, 04:29 PM
 
Location: On the plateau, TN
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From the April 25, 2016 CheatSheet Tennessee made the top 10...


10 States Most Dependent on the Federal Government
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Old 04-28-2016, 04:47 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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It pays to click on the methodology link to see how they came up with this list.

So ... "Most dependent on the federal govt" includes the very existence of federal jobs.

If you think about the federal facilities here, they include Millington NAS, Ft. Campbell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Arnold Air Force Base, federal prisons, post offices and courthouses, and national guard bases across the state.

The implications of how much is paid to the IRS are interesting.
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Old 05-27-2016, 08:37 PM
 
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I guess the way I look at this concept is "what would be the economic fallout if the federal government pulled out of these states?"
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