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		davidgay on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California is the only state to hide its spending ... I'm not confusing them, but highest tax rate is a useless statistic. Quoting it is thus usually used to push and agenda, not to understand and explain a complex situation.

_dh54 on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

You could equally be accused of pushing an agenda by quoting an average to refute the max without any further context. Both numbers are misleading.

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