Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is common and, for most people, causes no signs and symptoms and no complications. But in some people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the fat that accumulates can cause inflammation and scarring in the liver.
In some states with no income tax to maintain solid revenue, like Alaska and Wyoming, spending is quite high. Wyoming spent $9,986 per capita in 2011, the second highest in the country. Alaska spent $15,663, by far the most of any state.
Sales and use taxes in California are among the highest in the United States and are imposed by the state and by local governments. Sales taxes are very regressive. Poor families pay almost eight times more of their incomes in sales taxes than the best-off families.