It appears they take exception to your 2013 posting.. Bringing that up to a few dated later the same states merit recognition again...

To wit~

Those arguing that "blue states" are the ones bailing out "red states" point to the federal "balance of payment" ratios, or federal tax dollars collected compared to federal money received, on a state-by-state basis. The states with lowest balance of payment ratios (collecting more federal taxes than they receive in federal funds) are Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York. The states with the highest balance of payments (receiving more federal funds than they collect in federal taxes) are Kentucky, New Mexico, Mississippi and West Virginia. Therefore, "blue states" are bailing out "red states" - or so they say.

But federal balance of payment ratios are not as indicative as pundits think they are. New Mexico is often deemed a "blue state" and West Virginia had Democratic control of the governor's mansion and both state legislative chambers as recently as 2014. The relationship between state policy and balance-of-payment ratios becomes even weaker considering that North Dakota, New Hampshire and Nebraska - so-called "red states" - all have balance of payment ratios of less than 1.00. This means they receive less in federal funds than they collect in federal taxes, just like Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/opinion/finance/502321-no-blue-states-do-not-bailout-red-states%3famp

As example, with more to consider in how its all put out or brought in..
Numbers being just that, numbers with varying degrees of consideration..

Another ~~

Different perspective~~

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/these-states-are-the-biggest-sponges-on-the-federal-treasury-2019-02-26

I couldn't help but to notice that the first link links to the OP-ED section of a LEGITIMATE RW news source, of course the OP-ED section is merely the OPINIONS of those sending in contributions. That said, even though the author proclaimed that he was disputing the claims that blue states bail out red states, the information he was posting to support his assertion actually countered his assertion. the data he used showed the same thing as others have pointed out, 40/50 states paid in less money in federal tax dollars than they received from the U.S. treasury.

I don't understand why you say, "Different perspective~~", the author of the opinion piece on first link may have seen things differently but the actual data looked about the same, even though the two pieces are about 1 1/3 years apart in posting. The opinion piece in The Hill was posted 06/11/20, the Market Watch piece was dated, roughly, 1 1/3 years earlier on Feb. 26, 2019.

I was actually quite surprised that with the effects from the p******c, we haven't seen a greater reliance on government bail out tipping the scales the other way. Of course the federal tax dollars estimate is likely based on last years tax contributions as we don't "tally up" tax liability until the early part of next year, "Tax season".