Thursday, December 18, 2008

Massaging Numbers is Fun!

Whee! Finding statistics to support your worldview is fun!

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6 comments:

  1. ToddDecember 18, 2008 at 5:06 PM

    And according to this, Georgia has the second largest projected budget gap for FY2009, at 11.7% of the general fund.
    STATE BUDGET TROUBLES WORSEN, courtesy of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. NY isn't doing so bad, at 2.7%. Seems like Georgia needs to either raise taxes or make some serious cuts.

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  2. ToddDecember 18, 2008 at 5:14 PM

    Oops, I spoke too soon. If you read further down there is total gap for 2009, whereas the first numbers were mid-year gap. So Georgia is sitting at 12.9% and NY is 11.4%. In either case, looks like liberal or conservative politics have nothing to do with it. This is a recession, whether you're red or blue.

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  3. AnomalyDecember 18, 2008 at 5:16 PM

    Can you guys stop posting replies as new posts? These should all be replies to the original post. We don't need 18 posts about the same fucking thing.

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  4. MichaelDecember 18, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    Ahh I see now! Because NY receives less federal money NYC should increase the tax on soda and iPod's.

    That graph really helps!

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  5. MichaelDecember 18, 2008 at 5:19 PM

    It would be easier if you could embed links and images in the comments better.

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  6. MichaelDecember 18, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    So Georgia is sitting at 12.9% and NY is 11.4%.

    And yet we don't have an iPod tax, weird.

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