Farmers whining about welfare always gets my goat. Many live on land reclaimed by a federal program, get mail that costs waaaaaay more to deliver than it does to city folks, get electricity from the rural electrification program, get free advice and assistance from the Agriculture Department, get crop subsidies or worse get, get paid not to grow things, transport those subsidized crops on federal highways, or on barges made possible by federal dams. The list goes on and on. The fact is the vast majority of tax dollars come from the cities they love to hate. If rural America had to pay for what they get it would bankrupt them.

In 2005, the most recent year I could find data for, Alaska got back $1.84 for every dollar they paid, while New York and California got back only .80 for every dollar paid.
The ruraL farm staet of Norrth Dakota got back more than $1.80 for every dollar of fereral tax paid. I