Snyder's Budget Dir.

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http://www.mlive.com/politics/index...._budget_d.html
"...Despite a 7.6-percent unemployment rate [[compared to Michigan’s 12.8-percent rate), Nixon said Utah has had to wrestle with budget issues of its own as revenues fell 20 percent after the 2008 market crash. Utah’s overall budget, including federal assistance, is one-fourth the size of Michigan’s..."

Compare state income tax rates here:
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/228.html

Utah :
http://incometax.utah.gov/rates.php
Looks like Utah did away with its graduated income tax in 2010.