Original sentence: A  proportion of federal spending in Mississippi is directed toward large federal installations such as Camp Shelby, John C.Stennis Space Center, and Keesler Air Force Base, in a state with a relatively low population density and one of the lowest proportions of urban dwellers
Edited sentence: A substantial proportion of federal spending in Mississippi is directed toward large federal installations such as Camp Shelby, John C.Stennis Space Center, Keesler Air Force Base, and Ingalls Shipyard, in a state with a relatively low population density and one of the lowest proportions of urban dwellers.That said, the reader should read such statistics with caution, just as when reading that residents of New York receive the most benefits from government social programs.The government response would skew the amount of federal aid unusually high.Thus, without knowing the precise breakdown of the data, the reader cannot infer a contradiction between fiscal policy and actual spending