It is always easier to take the higher road in terms of preaching at least. No states will pay out of their pockets for the loss at ana. ANA does make profit in some states and loss in others but losses are not charged back either..ANA bears it. I think they tried to make the cost as low as possible..for eg.try getting a 5 star hotel on July 4th weekend for a 89 bucks... I think they did make attempts to keep cost low....but you have to realize that NJ is not NE. There is no way to level the cost but charge some of it back to the participants which will of course be higher than other states..