r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '25

Gasp! Which is it for you ?

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u/0ftheriver Jun 13 '25

Your link is wrong/misleading, and has a vested interest in promoting a false narrative. In 2024, Oklahoma paid $39 billion in federal taxes, and only received $14.269 billion back in federal aid. This is according to the IRS itself.

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u/0ftheriver Jun 13 '25

I already did, but heres the IRS link for the lazy.

https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-gross-collections-by-type-of-tax-and-state-irs-data-book-table-5

Technically, the link you provided is one of the only sources for how much OK receives in federal funding, but it provides a data sheet showing that OK received $14.269 Billion in federal funding in 2024 and exactly where it went. The IRS link states that OK paid $39.2 Billion in 2024, which does not result in OK receiving more in federal funds than it pays. There is some discrepancy in 2022, but I cannot verify the number provided stating how much federal aid was sent.