Taxes And The Best Places To Find A Job

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Looking only at taxes is waaaay too simplistic. You have to look at the regulatory environment as well to get a better sense for overall economic freedom. I did my own calculations and found that those states with greater economic freedom have lower levels of unemployment:
http://togetrichisglorious.blogspot.com/2009/08/determinants-of-economic-growth.html
Given that geography also plays a role -- what would CA be without its weather and ocean access -- compared neighboring states with similar geography but different levels of economic freedom. Also found some interesting results:
http://togetrichisglorious.blogspot.com/2009/08/determinants-of-economic-growth-ii.html

Colin of DC 12:30PM August 27, 2009

This is an interesting insight, and one that most of us would miss---except for you voluntarily pointing it out without grinding an ideological axe on taxation theory.

Muser of NM 10:23AM August 27, 2009