Posted on 05/03/2010 6:07:15 AM PDT by shove_it
On the other hand 15 of the 20 least stressed counties are the Great Plains states north of the Red River of the South. Then two in Louisiana, one each in Iowa, Wyoming and Virginia. The Virginia county is the only one one the list with a high number of illegal aliens-- but since it is right across the Potomac from DC, we can safely conclude that the low economic stress is due to government jobs, not diversity.
Easy: Salaries for government jobs sucked out of the rest of the country.
Sorry, missed one.
Sorry AZ border counties. You didn’t make the cut:
“...Stress scores, according to The ASSOCIATED PRESS Economic Stress Index”
(my caps)
I’m in #5 - Sutter. Not the way you want to be put on the map.
1. Imperial County, Calif., 31.27 2. Merced County, Calif., 28.29 3. Lyon County, Nev., 27.96 4. San Benito County, Calif., 27.26 5. Sutter County, Calif., 26.41 6. Yuba County, Calif., 25.8 7. Stanislaus County, Calif., 25.46 8. Iosco County, Mich., 24.89 9. San Joaquin County, Calif., 24.78 10. Nye County, Nevada., 24.19 11. Lapeer County, Mich., 24.03 12. Cheboygan County, Mich., 23.89 13. Luna County, N.M., 23.82 14. Lake County, Calif., 23.78 15. Kern County, Calif., 23.62 16. Tulare County, Calif., 23.17 17. Madera County, Calif., 23.04 18. Fresno County, Calif., 22.72 19. Clark County, Nevada, 22.65 20. Boone County, Ill., 22.59
Thanks for the color commentary.
1. Ford County, Kan., 4.07 2. Ellis County, Kan., 4.17 3. Brown County, S.D., 4.6 4. Brookings County, S.D., 4.66 5. Finney County, Kan., 4.89 6. Riley County, Kan., 5.08 7. Buffalo County, Neb., 5.19 8. Ward County, N.D., 5.22 9. Grand Forks County, N.D., 5.30 10. Lafourche Parish, La., 5.31 11. Burleigh County, N.D., 5.36 12. Platte County, Neb., 5.49 13. Johnson County, Iowa, 5.5 14. Arlington County, Va., 5.54 15. Albany County, Wyo., 5.59 16. Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, 5.67 17. Custer County, Okla., 5.7 18. Lincoln County, S.D., 5.72 19. Madison County, Neb., 5.74 20. Bryan County, Okla., 5.75
Doing the reporting that the AP won’t do.
So many CA counties that are being ruined by the Federal cut off of irrigation water. Let the water run to the sea even though there was a larger than normal snow pack. I hope the freakin delta smelt is worth the hundreds of thousands out of work.
And 7 of those 12 voted Ohaha.
aka Misery Index (ala Carter).
Yep, the highest concentration of his supporters are in the areas that are in the worst economic shape. But it has spilled over to areas who certainly opposed him too.
Thing are only going to get MUCH worse. The only way out is for him to be removed from office. There can be no economic recovery until he is out of office.
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