Not so. I will explain why it doesn't work for my state. People don't give constant amounts to charity in all stages of life. There are acquisition years and distribution years. When you are young, you are acquiring assets. You need capital to invest in your education, your children, and your business. At some point, if you are successful, you stop acquiring assets and start to think about giving them away. In Minnesota, if you have any sense, you move out of the state at this point to Fla, Az, or Nevada. This is because if you stay in Minnesota, your wealth is confiscated by this state.
So what happens is, people acquire their assets in Minnesota, and give them away in Arizona. And this makes it look like Arizona people are more generous than Minnesota people.
This analysis works in most Blue states.
Note that each state's generosity index is measured the same way, so any flaws in the methodology would be balanced out by the fact that every state is treated the same. |
