We eliminated any taxes that were not paid largely by individuals, such as business licenses and taxes on public utilities, which left us with the total amount states earned from income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, hunting and fishing licenses and taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gas, among other goods.
With deregulation bringing in unexpected competitors and increased demand, large, grounded utilities must evolve from traditional business practices in order to lower the total cost of doing business .
The additional employment due to the Recovery Act has therefore almost certainly produced relative expansion of such procyclical sectors, while countercyclical sectors, such as utilities, health care, and government, have seen their shares of total employment shrink relative to what would have been seen in the absence of stimulus.