States on the Dole:

USA Today reports that state and local governments now receive more money from the federal government than from their own taxpayers.

The sales tax had been the No. 1 source of state and local revenue since the mid-1970s, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Before that, property taxes were the primary source. That changed in the first three months of 2009.

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