[Responsibility2nd]

50. California

~smirk~

[umgud]

Geez, this is great. CA made the list.

[George from New England]

What b*s*

CT ranks far above Florida !!#@

Florida debt per person $2k ish
CT debt per person $8k ish

CT suicidal spending creates the smoke and mirrors to appear better off — NOT!

[Texas Eagle]

California has moved down one slot on from last year to earn the title of the worst-run state in the country.

That's because we have something like 3 Republicans in our Assembly and 2 in the State Senate.

If we could only get rid of those guys!

[Texas Eagle]

I’d like to see the list broken down according to political representation by Party.

[pgkdan]

Pct. without health insurance: 18.5% (8th highest)

The inclusion of this metric makes this whole exercise irrelevant as to 'how well managed' a state is! It is the responsibility of the individual to obtain health insurance. It is NOT the state's responsibility to see it's citizens are insured.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Nearly all the top ten(except VA) have a very low percentage of the ‘96% who voted for Obama’ residence.

Draw your own conclusions...

[Le Chien Rouge]

Nearly all the top ten(except VA) have a very low percentage of the ‘96% who voted for Obama’ residents.

Draw your own conclusions...

[j_k_l]

Obama has requested to see the stats of the 7 states that did not make the list.

[SuzyQue]

“...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. “

And, much of that can be attributed to illegal immigration.

[C210N]

So, whenever state debt and default is discussed, Californicatia is mentioned... hardly ever Marxachusetts. Nevertheless, this list has CA debt at $3600/PC and MA at $11000... what gives? Will my state default 3 times sooner than CA?

[EyeGuy]

Though I don’t disagree with the pathologically Blue states tending toward the bottom of the rankings, this looks like more of an analysis of which states have the highest percentages of habitual deadasses.

I would add, that the “best run” states are those in which government is small and interferes with the private sector as little as possible.

NONE of the 50 states is nearly as governmentally trim as they OUGHT to be.

[mewzilla]

Speaking of NYS, from last year and keep in mind that NYS is about to lose 2 House seats....

(New York) State put freeze on hiring, then added 51,464 people

Check out the price tag.

[EternalVigilance]

Bump.

[KosmicKitty]

Yeah!! We’re number 22!!

At least Connecticut is in the top half of the list

[martin_fierro]

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[Vision]

Despite its relatively high state debt of $4,133 per person, Maryland has a credit rating of AAA, the highest available. The state also has a particularly low poverty rate. Only 9.1% of people are living below the poverty line — the third lowest in the country. These impressive figures may be the result of state lawmakers’ efforts, according to Al Passarella, research and policy associate at Advocates for Children and Youth, as reported in The Washington Times.

Ha, what a joke! Marylanders live off government jobs.

[Buckeye McFrog]

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.

[OrangeHoof]

Pennsylvania may be 15th and Texas 25th but I can sure tell you which state more people are choosing with their feet.

[jaydubya2]

49. Illinois

Ha, Ha!

we seem to be missing 7 states...