Per capita caps would prevent federal spending from growing to pay for those new costs, Burns said. It would make federal spending lower and more predictable, but states would assume 100 percent ...

The nation’s poorest state — Mississippi — has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other commonwealth. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot ...

In fiscal 2023, the most recent year for which detailed financial information is available, Medicaid’s net cost was $894.2 ...

The average taxpayer’s piece of the $37-trillion federal debt is about $240,000, or six years of the median income.

For Medicaid expansion states, the government pays 90 percent. A per-beneficiary cap would fundamentally change Medicaid from an open-ended entitlement to one with strict limits on federal spending.

WASHINGTON — Montana ranks 14th among all states in the amount of money the federal government spends per resident, with a new report showing that the U.S. government spent $8,085 per capita ...

The net debt of federal, state and territory governments is expected to blow out to more than $1.2 trillion over the next ...

Federal spending, in other words, magnifies the incumbent advantage and gives incumbents a few points on Election Day. We can see this in action. Consider the Associated Press article that ran the ...

The nation’s poorest state — Mississippi — has traditionally been the recipient of more federal dollars per capita than any other commonwealth. We’ve lived off the federal spending spigot ...

Looking at per capita expenditures from the federal government and receipts paid to the federal government in West Virginia in 2022, the federal government paid out $21,478 per person in direct ...