Day 16 of 28 Days of Tax Data
Found at Visual Economics, via ChartPorn and Context.org
Two map one for tax dollars going from individual states to the Federal Government (dark red), the second for tax dollars going from the Federal Government to the states (blue). A third map would be nice showing the ratio between money in verses money out.
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It’s not clear what they’re trying to show. The colors indicate total payments but the highlighted states show per-capita payments. And then at the bottom there’s a sorted list of states with ratios. It’d make more sense to color based on per-capita or the ratios.