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To: combjelly who wrote (504531)8/13/2009 1:58:51 PM
From: i-node1 Recommendation  Respond to of 1575612
 

That doesn't pass the smell test. Given that wages are, on the average, lower in AR than in those states, that means y'all have some confounding factor that isn't immediately obvious.


From SOI (2007)

TX: Gross collections $225,390,904,000
Population 23,904,380
Per capita $9249

AR: Gross collections $27,340,140,000
Population 2,834,797
Per capita $9644



To: combjelly who wrote (504531)8/13/2009 2:34:45 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1575612
 
"One could argue, for example, that Texas OUGHT to pay more because Texas, with so much more area, ought to have the burden of a bigger allocation of national defense costs."

Because, you know, the Badlands are such a prime target in case of global conflict...

Can't you at least attempt to make a rational argument?

It may not be a rational argument but if things start to splinter, those are the kinds of arguments we will be hearing.


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