kentucky can ever dream of. and that is because new jersey is richer than kentucky, much, much richer. much more successful, that is the republican word for it. successful. that is how republicans put it, because they equate income and success. so new jersey is much more successful. the median income in new jersey is $71,180. the median income in new jersey is $2,248. so new jersey ends up paying kentucky's bills at the federal treasury. without that huge flow of federal money into kentucky, from the states that really pay for the federal government, the donor states like new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts, the 13 donor states, without that wonderful, generous gift from new jersey and those other states to kentucky, kentucky would be a very sad place to live.