more modest than what alea proposes would be simply ration appropriation by contribution ... the effect would largely be to migrate money from red states to blue states when one observes the monetary ROI of taxing and subsequent spending:
http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/fedspend_per_taxesbystate-20071009.pdf
The current state of affairs is one of blue states taxing themselves and giving their money to red states. Redistributing government outlays towards revenue sources would be an eye-opener in, say, Mississippi.
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