Speaking of color...blue vs red states comes to mind.
The counties in the worst shape appear to be ones with extremely high concentrations of illegal immigrants. The counties in the best shape appear to be ones with extremely low concentrations. Perhaps the claim that illegals take jobs Americans won’t is a fabrication.
Why am I not surprised that the most depressed counties are ones that have been dominated by liberals for decades.
Good to see my county is only #14 on the list of most stressed.....
12 of the top 20 are in CA.
You’re right, no suprises here. I’m in number eight of the least stressed counties.
Man, this really is a blue state / red state issue, it’s so obvious yet not mentioned in the article of course, if the democrats control you you’re headed toward poverty ...
I wonder why none of the border counties in AZ made the list. When you have ranchers and police officers being shot, I would call that extremely stressful. They are probably talking about “social” services being stressed. Were I the police chief down there, and one of my officers got shot, I’d deputize the county and pop anyone coming across the border carrying a gun.
I am strongly supporting a group called Americans for Tax Reform.
The dominant issue in 2011 will be whether to lower the deficit by raising taxes or cutting spending or a hybrid. Any increase in taxes will lock in the higher spending levels of the Obama presidency and will bring us that much closer to socialism. When Obama took office, he raised government spending from 30% of GDP to 40% (once health care is fully implemented). He borrowed the money. Now, we will either roll back that spending or raise the taxes enough to make it permanent.
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has developed a no-tax pledge and is asking every candidate for any office to sign it. At my web site, DickMorris.com, I link to this list. Before you vote in your Republican primary, please check it out and make sure you only back candidates who take the pledge!
But we need to keep the ATR strong and growing. We need to feed this particular watch dog because we will need its bark and its growl and its bite desperately as this election season unfolds.
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On the least stressed list:
14. Arlington County, Va.
I wonder why.
btt
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
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
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.