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Rank	Location	Receipts			Monthlies
Rank	Location	Total	#	Avg/Per	Total	#	Avg/Per
1	California	$8,462.00	168	$50.37	$970.00	63	$15.40
2	Texas	5,554.80	160	34.72	1,350.00	81	16.67
3	Florida	4,051.00	103	39.33	1,013.00	46	22.02
4	Pennsylvania	1,755.00	46	38.15	305.00	21	14.52
5	North Carolina	1,452.31	45	32.27	400.00	20	20.00
6	Washington	1,381.00	43	32.12	442.00	21	21.05
7	Illinois	1,356.00	39	34.77	155.00	11	14.09
8	Maryland	1,315.00	31	42.42	305.00	15	20.33
9	Ohio	1,274.00	45	28.31	296.00	19	15.58
10	Alabama	1,225.00	21	58.33	160.00	7	22.86
11	Virginia	1,222.00	40	30.55	427.00	25	17.08
12	Georgia	1,197.00	43	27.84	288.00	22	13.09
13	New York	1,055.00	42	25.12	280.00	22	12.73
14	Michigan	1,010.00	32	31.56	340.00	14	24.29
15	Colorado	955.00	31	30.81	285.00	13	21.92
16	Missouri	925.00	33	28.03	230.00	14	16.43
17	New Jersey	912.00	27	33.78	160.00	9	17.78
18	Canada	830.00	11	75.45	45.00	3	15.00
19	Tennessee	821.00	41	20.02	255.00	16	15.94
20	Arkansas	775.00	16	48.44	75.00	4	18.75
21	South Carolina	746.34	31	24.08	160.00	12	13.33
22	Louisiana	720.00	17	42.35	123.00	8	15.38
23	Oregon	695.66	24	28.99	170.00	11	15.45
24	Alaska	695.00	11	63.18	55.00	3	18.33
25	Minnesota	690.00	32	21.56	235.00	14	16.79
26	Arizona	670.00	27	24.81	160.00	15	10.67
27	Oklahoma	632.00	22	28.73	140.00	8	17.50
28	Nevada	490.00	20	24.50	65.00	6	10.83
29	Massachusetts	470.00	26	18.08	251.00	16	15.69
30	Indiana	420.00	16	26.25	160.00	11	14.55
31	Nebraska	380.00	13	29.23	40.00	4	10.00
32	Kansas	375.00	17	22.06	155.00	11	14.09
33	Utah	350.00	9	38.89	90.00	3	30.00
34	Idaho	335.00	11	30.45	110.00	4	27.50
35	Connecticut	330.00	11	30.00	145.00	6	24.17
36	Wisconsin	321.00	13	24.69	183.00	8	22.88
37	New Mexico	311.00	22	14.14	81.00	6	13.50
38	Switzerland	310.00	2	155.00	10.00	1	10.00
39	Montana	305.00	7	43.57	50.00	1	50.00
40	Kentucky	290.00	11	26.36	60.00	5	12.00
41	New Hampshire	246.70	16	15.42	80.00	7	11.43
42	Iowa	240.00	6	40.00	40.00	2	20.00
43	North Dakota	200.00	2	100.00
44	Armed Forces - Pacific	200.00	2	100.00
45	Hawaii	175.00	10	17.50	80.00	5	16.00
46	Mississippi	170.00	7	24.29	195.00	7	27.86
47	United Kingdom	160.00	3	53.33	30.00	1	30.00
48	Maine	127.00	5	25.40	57.00	4	14.25
49	Delaware	100.00	5	20.00	20.00	1	20.00
50	Rhode Island	100.00	1	100.00
51	Hong Kong	100.00	1	100.00
52	Wyoming	60.00	2	30.00	10.00	1	10.00
53	District of Columbia	60.00	2	30.00	40.00	2	20.00
54	Vermont	55.00	3	18.33	15.00	1	15.00
55	South Dakota	55.00	2	27.50	25.00	3	8.33
56	Germany	50.00	2	25.00
57	Japan	50.00	1	50.00
58	Norway	40.00	2	20.00	20.00	1	20.00
59	El Salvador	30.00	1	30.00
60	Albania	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
61	West Virginia	3.00	1	3.00
Never Never Land		2,039.00	59	34.56	503.00	42	11.98
62 locations total		$51,344.81	1,494	$34.37	$11,349.00	677	$16.76

Saul Alinsky on how to create a socialist state:

There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state. The first is the most important.

1) Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people

2) Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

3) Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.

5) Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)

6) Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.

8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

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