Also there's a complete lack of a baseline, the GDP growth in 2000 vs 2008 is much more down to global economic conditions than US tax rates. What would make a

Also there's a complete lack of a baseline, the GDP growth in 2000 vs 2008 is much more down to global economic conditions than US tax rates. What would make a more reasonable comparison is if you compared similar US States with different tax burdens in over the same time period.