And this is why we will never see the opt out. They have to have, MUST HAVE our money. As has been stated before .... they won't allow the opt out because it won't work. No money, no free stuff. Funny how that works.
Now, the Sandhills of Nebraska are far from Canada, but we're directly underneath Canada, and so one encounters many Canadians.
The ones from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, are always griping about something called "equalization" up there, where they, the wealthier provinces more careful with their money, are compelled to support the wastrel provinces.
It's sort of like as if Nebraska had to make up for California's shortfalls.