"In 2017, Kentucky received $40 billion more from the federal government than it paid in taxes. That’s about one-fifth of the state’s G.D.P.; if Kentucky were a country, we’d say that it was receiving foreign aid on an almost inconceivable scale."

"In 2017, Kentucky received $40 billion more from the federal government than it paid in taxes. That’s about one-fifth of the state’s G.D.P.; if Kentucky were a country, we’d say that it was receiving foreign aid on an almost inconceivable scale."https://t.co/EUULmuRu1E

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 2, 2019

It should be noted, btw, that one reason Kentucky receives so much federal money is that its previous governor had the good sense to accept the Medicaid expansion unlike so many other red states. In other words, much of that money is going to help low-income people who need help.

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 2, 2019