Thursday, May 07, 2015

MORE ON THE TEXAS "MIRACLE"

Rightwing gasbags often tout the state of Texas as a great example of conservative rule and they NEVER mention facts that cast doubt on their claims, such as the very large percentage of minimum wage jobs, horrible health care coverage, and hazardous waste.

Texas is also near the bottom in poverty rate according to 2013 data:

1 New Hampshire 9
2 Alaska 10.1
3 Maryland 10.2
4 Connecticut 10.7
5 Wyoming 10.9
6 Hawaii 11.2
7 Minnesota 11.2
8 New Jersey 11.4
9 North Dakota 11.6
10 Virginia 11.7
11 Massachusetts 11.9
12 Vermont 12.3
13 Iowa 12.6
14 Utah 12.6
15 Colorado 12.9
16 Delaware 12.9
17 Nebraska 12.9
18 Wisconsin 13.5
19 Pennsylvania 13.7
20 Kansas 13.9
21 Maine 14
22 South Dakota 14
23 Washington 14.1
24 Illinois 14.6
25 Rhode Island 14.7
26 Idaho 15.6
27 Indiana 15.8
28 Missouri 15.8
29 Nevada 15.8
30 Ohio 15.9
31 New York 16
32 Montana 16.1
33 Oregon 16.5
34 Oklahoma 16.7
35 California 16.8
36 Michigan 17
37 Florida 17.1
38 Texas 17.5
39 North Carolina 17.8
40 Tennessee 17.8
41 West Virginia 18.4
42 South Carolina 18.5
43 Arizona 18.6
44 Kentucky 18.8
45 Alabama 18.9
46 Georgia 19
47 Arkansas 19.4
48 Louisiana 20
49 New Mexico 21.4
50 Mississippi 23.9

2 comments:

Ken Hoop said...

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/the-bankruptcy-of-u-s-trade-and-foreign-policy/

Not much of an Obama miracle either, but here Buchanan places more blame on the GOP than on free trade Democrats.

Steve J. said...

The "Free Trade" Democrats are DLC types.