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The hidden costs of low-tax states
Data: U.S. Census ; Note: Data for Hawai'i and Alaska starts in 1955 and 1957, respectively; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visual America's state governments now run on two very different tax engines: income in many coastal and professional-class states, and consumption in much of the Sun Belt and low-tax-growth belt. Why it matters: States are not just competing over tax rates. They've built systems around which parts of the economy to tax — and which residents feel it most. States marketing themsel…
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