A letter that Democrat Senate President Don Harmon signed asking for $40 billion in federal support during the pandemic sure has gotten plenty of attention. The President of the US Senate weighed in, former South Carolina Governor Niki Haley offered her opinion and the President tweeted about it. Donald Trump wondered why should federal taxpayers’ bailout poorly run states like Illinois? Governor JB Pritzker, who never asked for federal money for pensions, says Illinois contributes way more each year to the feds than Kentucky or South Carolina does.

South Carolina is among the top five states in taking more from the federal government than it sends, and Illinois is in the bottom five when it comes to getting the least back for the money it sends off to DC.