Blue State blues — Trump’s tax cut is supercharging job growth in low tax states
“The first quarter of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is beginning to show a significant divergence in employment growth between the low-tax and the high-tax states. Whether this trend will deepen and consolidate is an open question—the U.S. economy is a highly complex machine with energy prices, labor markets, and trade vying for consideration with taxes and regulations. That said, the job growth trend is clear: low-tax states are leaving the high-tax states in the dust.”