It's not that math is weird, it's the math you present. It's fuzzy from all the time you spent waiting to pull it out of your ass. Fuck Illinois and your govrener. The only reason he can claim angry is because tax payers in other states put up the cash for your worthless state. Hell, everyone is leaving. Y'all's pension programs are broke and won't be able to pay when it's due. Yeah, that and the fact that no one in your city can go a weekend or Holliday without shooting some little kids, yup, that's allot to be proud of right there..
Your reading comprehension is about as good as your spelling.
It's actually kind of the opposite. Illinois sends more to Washington than it gets back, compared to red states, that are all donors. (Of course, right now, we are borrowing more than we are putting in across the board, because heavens forbid a rich person can't buy a dressage horse this year.) If anything, our neighboring states depend on us. Wisconsin is entirely dependent on tourism from Illinois.