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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (21348)	8/1/2007 3:51:52 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

I'm curious to know what happened to a couple things.... Didn't someone resembling the Speaker of the House state that there wouldn't be the standard tax and spend? Something too about "most ethical congress in history"?........ Aren't Democrats ever held responsible for their statements?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (21348)	1/2/2009 10:40:37 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Results of the 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index The ten best states in the Tax Foundation’s 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index are as follows: 1. Wyoming 2. South Dakota 3. Nevada 4. Alaska 5. Florida 6. Montana 7. Texas 8. New Hampshire 9. Oregon 10. Delaware The ten worst states are: 41. Minnesota 42. Nebraska 43. Vermont 44. Iowa 45. Maryland 46. Rhode Island 47. Ohio 48. California 49. New York 50. New Jersey Table 1 State Business Tax Climate Index, 2008– 2009 FY 2009 State FY 2008 State Business Tax Business Tax Change from Climate Index Climate Index 2008 to 2009 ----------- ----------- ----------- State Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank U.S. 5.00 – 5.00 – 5.00 – Alabama 5.33 21 5.38 20 –0.05 –1 Alaska 7.33 4 7.28 4 0.05 0 Arizona 5.27 22 5.30 21 –0.03 –1 Arkansas 4.90 35 4.90 37 0.00 2 California 4.15 48 3.99 48 0.16 0 Colorado 5.93 13 5.94 12 –0.01 –1 Connecticut 4.84 37 4.95 36 –0.11 –1 Delaware 6.02 10 6.05 10 –0.03 0 Florida 6.93 5 6.93 5 0.00 0 Georgia 5.19 27 5.21 26 –0.02 –1 Hawaii 5.24 24 5.26 22 –0.02 –2 Idaho 5.12 29 5.19 29 –0.07 0 Illinois 5.27 23 5.23 23 0.04 0 Indiana 5.91 14 5.99 11 –0.08 –3 Iowa 4.37 44 4.42 45 –0.05 1 Kansas 5.10 31 5.03 33 0.07 2 Kentucky 4.98 34 4.97 34 0.01 0 Louisiana 5.01 33 4.95 35 0.06 2 Maine 4.71 40 4.68 40 0.03 0 Maryland 4.33 45 5.23 24 –0.90 –21 Massachusetts 5.03 32 5.05 31 –0.02 –1 Michigan 5.34 20 5.22 25 0.12 5 Minnesota 4.64 41 4.68 41 –0.04 0 Mississippi 5.34 19 5.39 19 –0.04 0 Missouri 5.60 16 5.61 15 –0.01 –1 Montana 6.29 6 6.32 6 –0.03 0 Nebraska 4.58 42 4.53 43 0.06 1 Nevada 7.38 3 7.38 3 –0.01 0 New Hampshire 6.17 8 6.27 7 –0.10 –1 New Jersey 3.92 50 3.84 50 0.09 0 New Mexico 5.19 26 5.19 28 0.00 2 New York 4.02 49 4.06 47 –0.03 –2 North Carolina 4.76 39 4.64 42 0.12 3 North Dakota 5.10 30 5.03 32 0.07 2 Ohio 4.16 47 4.11 46 0.05 –1 Oklahoma 5.44 18 5.41 18 0.02 0 Oregon 6.06 9 6.06 9 0.01 0 Pennsylvania 5.17 28 5.18 30 –0.01 2 Rhode Island 4.20 46 3.98 49 0.23 3 South Carolina 5.24 25 5.20 27 0.04 2 South Dakota 7.51 2 7.51 2 0.00 0 Tennessee 5.47 17 5.49 17 –0.02 0 Texas 6.28 7 6.21 8 0.08 1 Utah 5.98 11 5.53 16 0.45 5 Vermont 4.55 43 4.44 44 0.10 1 Virginia 5.73 15 5.78 14 –0.05 –1 Washington 5.94 12 5.91 13 0.03 1 West Virginia 4.88 36 4.84 38 0.04 2 Wisconsin 4.79 38 4.76 39 0.03 1 Wyoming 7.53 1 7.64 1 –0.11 0 D.C. 4.55 – 4.49 – 0.06 – Note: The scores for Hawaii, Illinois and Arizona have been corrected since originally published on October 6, 2008. taxfoundation.org