[strictnein]

That's kind of their point. A lot of those government expenditures go to things that citizens of Maryland may not want or benefit from.

[kube-system]

More federal spending goes to Maryland per capita than the US average per capita.

This isn't an an issue of people in Maryland not getting money -- they get robust federal spending and have a robust state budget of their own. This is simply: Americans getting what they vote for, which is notoriously not public infrastructure.