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Name of Government	CAFR Year	Surpluses (In Billions)	Per Capita Surplus	Total 1st Yr Benefits Per Capita	Total Benefits - Family of 4	Click for Reports
Alabama	2003	$ 9.00	1,999	4,518	18,071
Alaska	2003	$ 7.76	11,888	26,867	107,467
Arizona	2003	$ 11.45	2,092	4,735	18,940
California	2003	$ 59.83	1,695	3,830	15,321
Colorado	2003	$ 6.60	1,450	3,169	12,675
Florida	2003	$ 48.79	2,843	6,706	26,826
Georgia	2002	$ 18.76	2,192	4,962	19,847
Hawaii	2003	$ 4.40	3,492	7,892	31,567
Idaho	2003	$ 2.18	1,608	3,634	14,535
Illinois	2003	$ 17.47	1,386	3,458	13,833
Indiana	2003	$ 11.73	1,904	4,303	17,210
Iowa	2003	$ 4.84	1,647	3,722	14,889
Kentucky	2003	$ 5.63	1,351	3,060	12,240
Louisiana	2003	$ 9.65	2,152	4,862	19,450
Maryland	2003	$ 6.68	1,225	2,783	11,134
Massachusetts	2003	$ 10.06	1,565	3,536	14,143
Michigan	2003	$ 10.13	1,009	2,282	9,129
Mississippi	2003	$ 4.55	1,620	3,661	14,646
Minnesota	2003	$ 10.53	2,078	4,700	18,798
Montana	2003	$3.15	3,460	7,832	31,329
Nebraska	2002	$2.88	1,679	3,700	14,799
Nevada	2003	$ 3.56	1,530	3,457	13,830
New Jersey	2003	$ 21.04	2,420	5,557	22,227
New York	2003	$ 52.56	2,723	6,153	24,612
North Carolina	2003	$ 12.99	1,537	3,625	14,500
North Dakota	2003	$ 2.88	4,544	10,269	41,078
Ohio	2003	$ 32.09	2,809	6,349	25,398
Oklahoma	2003	$ 7.78	2,226	5,036	20,146
Oregon	2003	$ 10.91	3,111	7,031	28,124
Pennsylvania	20032	$ 21.07	1,715	4,010	16,041
South Carolina	2003	$ 5.62	1,358	3,069	12,278
Tennessee	2003	$ 4.23	719	1,625	6,499
Texas	2003	$ 53.77	2,417	5,463	21,854
Utah	2003	$ 4.80	2,018	4,565	18,260
Virginia	2003	$ 10.85	1,492	3,372	13,487
Washington	2003	$ 17.65	2,921	6,504	26,015
West Virginia	2003	$ 3.83	2,117	4,785	19,140
Wisconsin	2003	$ 7.44	1,368	3,091	12,363
Wyoming	2003	$ 5.95	11,941	26,030	104,121
Cities and Counties:		(In Millions)
Pima County, AZ	2003	$ 238.7	723	1,634	6,536
Phoenix, AZ	2003	$ 2,343.3	1,610	3,639	14,555
Maricopa County,    AZ	2003	$ 844.55	3,521	8,021	32,083
Scottsdale, AZ	2003	$ 483.19	2,207	5,012	20,046
Tempe, AZ	2003	$ 341.75	2,144	4,869	19,474
Glendale, AZ	2003	$ 385.37	1,668	3,687	14,748
Mesa, AZ	2003	$ 245.36	565	1,311	5,244

Note: For those familiar with governmental accounting, for surpluses we basically used GFOA Balance Sheet Account Classification Codes 101, 102, 103, 151, 153, and 170 .

The above chart indicates that the total surpluses for these States is $601 billion.

The above States represent 93.5% of the U.S. population. Now if this amount is extrapolated to the total U.S. population, the total State-level potential surpluses are $601 billion. That is the amount of excess taxpayers money that the States have sitting at the State-level government in excess of their needs to operate the government. This does not include the school districts, cities and/or counties in these States.

Economic Impact Analysis if State-Level Potential Surpluses were returned to the people:

There are two segments to our economy, the private sector (individuals/businesses) and the public sector (governments). Individual and business/company economics are completely different from government economics. But most people apply their individual or a business/company economics to governments. For example, it sounds OK for a government to have an emergency fund, a rainy day fund, to hold money for future expansion, paying off debt, etc. Isn't that OK? NO!

As the above table demonstrates that when the surpluses are returned to the people (private sector of our economy) some magic takes place. It is elementary economics.

People fail to realize that 12.2 million jobs would be created increasing the standard of living for all. Unemployment would cease to exist. Wage and technology productivity increases would be needed to make up for the shortage in the job market.

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