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The Richest (and Poorest) Places in the U.S
CNNMoney ^
| August 30, 2007
| Les Christie
Posted on 08/31/2007 10:05:20 AM PDT by dakine
Maryland knocked New Jersey out of the top spot this year, while Mississippi and West Virginia were the poorest states in the Union.
Maryland is now the wealthiest state in the union, as measured by median household income, according to the latest stats from the Census Bureau.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Maryland; US: Mississippi; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: census; demographics; poverty; topten; wealth
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To: khnyny
Yep - Montgomery County - which borders D.C. on the northwest and has some the toniest D.C. suburbs, like Bethesda and Chevy Chase.
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posted on
08/31/2007 1:04:00 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: Zerodown
What the 'steamed former ACLU Memeber means is that Maryland, in which glorious state I happen to reside, is home to many many many Federal workers picking up $75-100 thousand, but whose actual worth in the non-gov economy would be, shall we say substantially or to be charitable, somewhat, lower. Furthermore, many of these Federal "Workers" are a source of mystery to their neighbors, who wonder why an idiot who cannot wash a car, (never mind operate one) mow his lawn, or get dressed in attire familiar to others on the planet could possibly be worth anything, never mind the princely sums they receive for performing the mindless paper-shuffling tasks they are assigned. We also happen to know that many of them are so out of it, they are never assigned anything to do. It is also envy. Oh yeah, Federal "workers" are mostly really really fat and ugly, too. Talking HUGE. LOL. You hit a bullseye with your analysis. One notorious federal worker who couldn't minimully function as a private sector toilet cleaner, comes to mind.
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posted on
08/31/2007 4:45:25 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
To: dakine
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posted on
08/31/2007 4:47:57 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: FormerACLUmember
Oh yeah, Federal "workers" are mostly really really fat and ugly, too. Talking HUGE. Forgot to mention: they are to a man*, registered Democrats.
NB, I say "man," since most are, except the self-identified males, definitely "mannish." However, once a Federal "worker" passes the 300lb mark, they can be harder to sex than 1/2-hour-old chicks.
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posted on
09/01/2007 9:46:22 AM PDT
by
Zerodown
(Republicans have shot with live voters. Democrats: insurmountable lead among dead.)
To: Zerodown
Oh yeah, Federal "workers" are mostly really really fat and ugly, too. Talking HUGE. Forgot to mention: they are to a man*, registered Democrats. NB, I say "man," since most are, except the self-identified males, definitely "mannish." However, once a Federal "worker" passes the 300lb mark, they can be harder to sex than 1/2-hour-old chicks. LOL. Once again you have totally nailed the reality, as confirmed by my 4 years of living in suburban Wash DC suburbs of Maryland.
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posted on
09/01/2007 12:29:16 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
To: dakine
...as measured by median household income Not the most accurate way to measure "wealth". Take a place like Beverly Hills, which is full of filthy rich Iranians (they even print the ballots in Farsi these days) who don't really have a reported income.
To: ZGuy
The graphic represents people who live in Manhattan who also collect farm subsidies. The big red dots are folks who collect more than $250,000 per year.That's ridiculous! Can you tell me more what that is all about? I mean geez...
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posted on
09/01/2007 12:50:18 PM PDT
by
John123
("What good fortune for the governments that the people do not think" -- Adolf Hitler)
To: Strategerist
Its not all government workers.But it is almost all government taxpayer money.
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posted on
09/01/2007 12:58:42 PM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: John123
See post 46 — that has the link to the original source/story
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posted on
09/01/2007 1:30:06 PM PDT
by
ZGuy
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