In order to reduce the Federal Debt, no state may receive more Federal funding than its citizens pay in Federal tax.

If this imbalance were eliminated, it would decrease the Federal operating deficit by the amount that these states exceed their contributions. There would need to be certain exceptions: Federal payroll, Social Security, Veterans' benefits, & government pensions are earned and would not be counted. Likewise, entitlements would remain. Since Federal assistance to those at the bottom of the economic ladder is documented to have a more stimulative economic effect than Federal payments to those at the top, the remaining Federal assistance should be weighted toward those programs.