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Ranking the States by fiscal condition
doogie
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1. WTF is up with all those states with an income tax?
2. How did Race fuck up California?
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
2. How did Race fuck up California?
https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings
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Also, this is based on FY15 audit. FY17 actuals show California with record level unrestricted net assets. You didn't know that?
I have to also ask though what use is there comparing Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, Oregon and Idaho to California?
California is the sixth largest economy in the world with 40 million people. We lead the world, by ourselves, and very successfully, thank you very much.
We don't need you for anything but thanks anyway.
Oh, we don't need strip mall mutual fund sales people. Sorry!
Doesn't change the fact California''s finances suck.
I'm sure trump will try to catch up.
Obviously, I was wrong. But, who really cares?
You should try posting a topic sometime once and see if it goes anywhere. It isn't difficult, really.
Just asking - no need to take offense. I'd have called you a fucking faggot right out of the gates otherwise.
I find the results interesting. It's almost as if neither side has it figured out - with a state like Illinois and one like Louisiana sharing their shitty positions, while states like Oregon and Georgia cozy up in the middle. Completely different states with different policies sharing the same positions as far as their fiscal health.
It's almost as if it doesn't mean shit which political party you support. With Florida and Texas being the outliers, it looks like this could be no more than a population thing - states with bigger populations have bigger liabilities - total rocket science.
Makes me wonder why you're always sucking Trump's cock and Hondo is always sucking Obama's. They're both pieces of shit.
Why is it that the Blue states, sans Florida are the worse off?
Florida seems to get painted as red or blue depending on who's doing the painting. In truth, nationally, it's more or less purple and has been for awhile. Since 1992, the state has voted Bush x 1, Clinton x 1, GWBush x 2 (once narrowly), Barry x 2, and Trump x 1. Current senators are Rubio (R) and Nelson (D), current congressional HRs, 16 (R), 11 (D), with two of the (R)'s voting more often with the (D)'s making it effectively 14 (R), 13 (D). The "red" in the "purple" population has resulted in three consecutive Republican governors who have mostly leaned pro-growth fiscally conservative. As a result, Florida benefits from a simple but effective combination of fiscal conservatism and strong revenue generation, particularly from external sources, including a massive global tourism market, agriculture, aerospace and defense, and financial services. There are also a number highly notable health care providers that draw patients from around the world. The Mayo and Cleveland Clinics are probably the most well known, but there are many more like them throughout the state. Anyway, purple has worked for Florida, but I'd argue it's been the "red" component that has tangibly set the table for fiscal success with an assist from the blue component in intangible (but substantive) ways.