I live in New York; we remit something like $50B/year more to the Federal government than we receive. I paid about $650K to the Feds last year, and while I don't begrudge the shared responsibility, it's hard not to feel like a prime sucker sending so much to a government that will to allocate it mostly to states whose inhabitants voted for a President who would agree that I was foolish to have been so honest.
Like you, the President has a place in New York and he lived there until he became eligible for government housing in DC. I think you have his sympathy on the taxes. There was that one year that he paid for an F-15 with all the extras.
