Posted on 11/29/2011 7:06:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I am kind of surprised that Pennsylvania ranks so highly.
Tom Corbett is off to a good start, but he has his hands full trying to undo eight years of Fast Eddie Rendell.
Rendell turned this whole state into a no-show jobs program worthy of The Sopranos.
I agree. CT ranked at 22 ???
Connecticut’s wealth is the result of past GOP controlled governments that encouraged defense contractors to HQ in CT, made energy readily available and cheap and developed an outstanding infrastructure. CT wealth is also due to its proximity to NYC...where wealthy businessmen worked, but lived in CT’s formerly lower tax rates.
But due to recent government decisions that have resulted in high energy and labor costs, companies are moving as many jobs as they can to the south. The infrastructure in other states, particularily Georgia and Florida, have improved considerably.
CT is dying almost as fast as CA. Just on a smaller scale. I put CT in the upper 40s...not 22.
Hey! 50 out of 57 ain't too bad!
Pennsylvania may be 15th and Texas 25th but I can sure tell you which state more people are choosing with their feet.
Completely agree with you. This list has a lot of BS in it. The factors looked at don’t include property or sales taxes. Nebraska might look good according to the indicators shown, but the taxes are an outrage.
Good point.
Just give it time. CT can be almost as bad as C A yet.
Why didn’t they rank all 57 states. This is a conspiracy. If BO campaigns in 57 states they ought to rank 57 states.
Maryland is #11????
The Democrats in this one party state have put us on the express lane to bankruptcy!!
Pct. without health insurance: 23.7% (the highest) >
Pct. below poverty line: 17.0% (9th lowest) >
Unemployment: 8.5% (23rd highest)
Texas managed to spend the third least per capita in 2009, and as a partial consequence has the second lowest debt per capita, a mere $1,240 per person. Austere spending comes at a price, however. Nearly a quarter of the state’s residents are without health insurance. Also, only 80.9% of Texans 25 years or older graduated from high school. While this is an improvement from its 2003 rate of 77%, it is tied with California for worst among all states.
I wonder if they are including illegal immigrants in that number for uninsured persons? Also, how many Katrina refugees that are still here are without a job or health insurance?
OVERRATED...clap-clap-clap...OVERRATED...clap-clap-clap.
With Governor Moonbeam redux, CA should be 58th.
I live in Washington state which is a remarkable cluster pluck of goo goo liberalism and environmental socialist radicalism. The legislature here reflects the feelings of the urban population which largely believes that government should control everything and any regulations based on something that can be construed as environmental takes precedent of civil or constitutional rights.
Unemployment [here] is much higher than reported. The infrastructure is deteriorating and although taxes go up consistently, any major project improvements are only preformed through grants, bonds or by adding toll booths to roads and bridges. The budget is impossible to read and spending is all but impossible to account for.
If this state ranks 17th in the nation, I can only imagine what a mess of useless politics and useless representatives the other 44 (according to the community organizer) states must be.
That’s it. I’m moving to Texas.
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I’m bringing all my friends...
¿Son legales? ¿Hablan Inglés?
Si, all Californians.
New York “spends the most in the country on public welfare at $2,276 per person.” Nevertheless, it has the 22nd highest poverty rate in excess of 14%.
That’s because the poverty rate is based upon household income, which does not include all the handout and giveaways that make poor New Yorkers the wealthiest poor people in the world.
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