I'm not sure it took ten pages to say that. And nearly all the text was describing the numbers ("This number is bigger than the one before it. But brace yourself: the next number will be even bigger.")
Even worse, it's one of those stupid slideshows that loads a new page every few seconds, even when you're not looking. When I looked at it, it was halfway through the list of "states with highest alcohol and tobacco taxes".
Yeah, I gave up quickly once I saw what they were doing. Anyone want to take the time and post a simple list here and what the general methodology was?</lazy>
The methodology was business started per 100,000 people. They range from about 300 to 700.
I'm not understanding how this metric is useful. If I start a business and it goes bust within three months, and then I start another one, do I get counted twice?