NEVADA IS EVEN WORSE THAN ARIZONA

Arizona's taxes were the lowest they've been in the last 30 years but because of the Great Recession, we've had to raise the state sales tax and we may end up raising the local sales tax in Tucson.

Nevada, another free market fairy state, is in worse shape.

Nevada a bigger loser than California in economic downturn
By Dale Kasler | Sacramento Bee
Posted on Thursday, July 1, 2010

The state with the ultra-friendly business climate has surpassed Michigan for the nation's highest unemployment rate: 14 percent. Its foreclosure rate is also the nation's highest.

What's more, Nevada's budget deficit is actually worse than California's, in percentage terms.