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Visible Correlation Between "Tax Freedom" and Poverty
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taxes, poverty, correlation, scatter plot
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2009-04-19T07:45:13Z
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2009-04-19T07:45:13Z
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2009-04-19T18:52:30Z
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2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
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2009-04-19T18:52:30Z
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
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2009-04-19T18:58:47Z
9923
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2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
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2009-04-19T18:58:47Z
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
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2009-04-19T18:52:36Z
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<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Mississippi</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-67
9923
30
12080
2253
2857
24
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1995
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33
47130
true
2830
2009-04-19T18:55:00Z
false
0
47131
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Connecticut</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-69
9923
31
12080
2253
2859
7
47131
1995
2860
15
47131
true
2830
2009-04-19T18:55:02Z
false
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47132
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Maryland</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-60
9923
21
12080
2253
2861
20
47132
1995
2862
29
47132
true
2830
2009-04-19T18:55:09Z
false
0
47133
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Alaska</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-53
9923
5
12080
2253
2863
2
47133
1995
2864
10
47133
true
2830
2009-04-19T18:56:48Z
false
0
47134
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Connecticut</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-76
9928
20
12080
2253
2865
7
47134
1995
2866
15
47134
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:00:31Z
false
0
47135
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Connecticut</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
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12080
4
9923
2253
2867
7
47135
1995
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15
47135
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:00:37Z
false
0
47136
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Maryland</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-52
12080
10
9923
2253
2869
20
47136
1995
2870
29
47136
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2830
2009-04-19T19:00:40Z
true
59
47137
label
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Alaska's Permanent Fund supports unusually low taxes.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
113
-15
12080
31
9923
2253
2871
2
47137
1995
2872
10
47137
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:00:43Z
false
0
47138
label
<FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040">Mississippi</FONT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
true
true
0
-62
12080
9
9923
2253
2873
24
47138
1995
2874
33
47138
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:00:48Z
false
0
47139
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Wash D.C.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
false
true
0
-63
12080
11
9923
2253
2875
51
47139
1995
2876
17
47139
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:01:01Z
false
0
47140
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">New York</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
false
true
0
-46
12080
9
9923
2253
2877
32
47140
1995
2878
41
47140
true
2830
2009-04-19T19:01:15Z
false
0
47141
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="13" COLOR="#404040" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">New Jersey</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
false
true
0
-89
12080
-29
9923
2253
2879
30
47141
1995
2880
39
47141
true
2830
2009-04-20T20:42:34Z
true
91
47142
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="16" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><A HREF="http://www.centeronbudget.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2753" TARGET="_blank">Methodological issues</A> with Tax Freedom Day aside, this chart makes it clear why it can be misleading to talk about a state's tax burden out of context. <FONT KERNING="1"><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation" TARGET="_blank">Correlation is not causation</A>, but it sure is a hint.<FONT KERNING="0"></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T14:21:03Z
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true
350
13
505
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2830
2009-04-19T19:01:55Z
true
84
47143
legend
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Chart design by Peter Couvares.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Data from <A HREF="http://verifiable.com/data_sets/2253" TARGET="_blank">The Tax Foundation</A> and the <A HREF="http://verifiable.com/data_sets/1995" TARGET="_blank">American Human Development Project</A>. Note that poverty data is from 2006, vs. Tax Freedom data for 2009.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T14:21:47Z
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201
-19
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2830
2009-04-19T18:54:38Z
true
60
47144
title
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>Visible Correlation Between</B></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="GillSans" SIZE="20" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>"Tax Freedom" and Poverty</B></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
2009-04-21T14:23:26Z
true
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2830
2009-04-19T18:51:17Z
false
0
47145
x axis
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2009-04-21T14:14:13Z
false
true
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0
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2009-04-19T18:53:01Z
false
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47146
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2009-04-21T13:57:01Z
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2830
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12079
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