Could you point out which information is flawed ? I ' d like to be more informed . The last figures I saw were that Texas was at something close to 1217 c on the dollar over , versus its 713 c under on federal burden . Texas limited on Oilenergy spending per federal mandate . It ' s why states like Alaska and North Dakota are also quite over , as they can ' t violate the federal strategic oil and gas reserves . Texas ' sales tax and property taxes are also some of the highest in the nation . State wide Texas imposes a 8 . 25 % sales tax ranked 12 th , and on average , a 1 . 93 % property tax , only beaten by Wisconsin , New Jersey , Illinois and New Hampshire . Historically , out of all of the red states , Texas has been the only self sustaining state putting in more than it takes out . Texas has consistently ranked in the lower half of funding drain , even to this year .