December 8, 2009
Graph of the Day for December 8, 2009
"It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." Louis D. Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939.
*Rank is based on the ALEC Competitive Environment Index which uses 15 factors including various tax rates, minimum wage, legal environment, etc.
Source: The Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report using data from the 2009 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) report.
Hoven's Index for December 8, 2009
Net domestic migration (among US states), 1998-2007:
New York: -1,936,127.
California: -1,438,480.
Illinois: -735,768.
Texas: +736,903.
Arizona: +817,169.
Florida: +1,579,704.
Source: The 2009 ALEC report.
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