US State Budget Gaps - Chart Porn

US State Budget Gaps

In: Finance Interactive Internet/tech Politics Source: FT US Economy

27 Sep 2011

What is shocking to me is that there are 12 states with no shortfall.

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4 Responses to US State Budget Gaps

Brian

September 27th, 2011 at 3:42 pm

If you click the supposedly “no gap” states, you actually see they aren’t balanced but simply have no data. So the chart legend is misleading in that regard. If you look more closely, some of the states have some data and they had shortfalls in prior years indicating they likely have not yet balanced their budget either. So our whole country is really not doing well with their finances.

David

September 27th, 2011 at 9:50 pm

And I’m shocked to learn that there are some Financial Time subscriptions that do not require a subscription.

September 28th, 2011 at 7:28 am

What is shocking to me is that all but 12 states have shortfalls. Well not shocking…but a significant problem.

September 28th, 2011 at 9:02 am

Looks like Mississippi has a double-digit (percentage) budget gap to me: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?cat=1&sub=151&rgn=26

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