The Tax Foundation just released its 2014 edition of its Tax Freedom Day map. This is an annual charade intended to shame blue states into lowering their taxes. I decided to compare it with another analysis they do: showing "donor" (or "giver") vs "taker" states – also intended to shame blue states into lowering their taxes. Here's what I found:
They are pretty close to mirror images of one another. The Tax Foundation should release these two charts as a matched set.