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Subject: defense spending

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pa

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Date Posted: 11/11/04 3:14:30pm
In reply to: geo 's message, "Re: �fun link!" on 11/11/04 2:22:57pm

>
>pjk:
>>GEO - referring to earlier post - how does your guess
>>account for states that don't have LANL's? Or for a
>>state like CO that has more military presence than NM
>>but comes in at .80 instead of 1.99? My guess is that
>>the tax table does not include federal expenditures on
>>the military and the like.
>>
>
>I guessed it based on the website/article linked to
>your post:
>
>"What Affects Rankings?
>Federal spending on defense and other procurement
>dollars are often funneled to the states of powerful
>Members of Congress, and state governments can grab
>more federal grant money by skillfully manipulating
>their spending to comply with federal regulations.
>However, demography may be more influential than
>politics. States with more residents on Social
>Security, Medicare and other large federal
>entitlements are bound to rank fairly high. Similarly,
>the high spending levels in Virginia, Maryland and the
>District of Columbia are explained by the predominance
>of federal employees."
>
>but it is still just a guess. I'm guessing your
>guessing that CO has more military presence _per
>capita_ than NM? I have no clue.

I'm also wondering fed monies for Native Americans and defense spending in terms of "homeland security" for border states (one of which is New MEx.) to help with guesswork here is another map from Bill MOyers: http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/defensemap.html

MOyers even calls New Mex. out by name in stating that most fed. dollars go to defense spending: "In all but a handful of states, Department of Defense dollars account for by far the majority of federal dollars. States in which the Department of Energy provides the greatest amount are those which are host to major military research laboratories like Oak Ridge in Tennessee and Los Alamos and Sandia Labs in New Mexico or the atomic testing ranges of Nevada."

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additional note	pa	11/11/04 3:30:46pm