Does it all really matter? NO!!!! The government will earmark part of the second tranch of the TARP funds or include state bailouts in the $1 trillion stimulus package. No one else fails until the government itself fails.
Move to Dubai, stop throwing tax money at these clowns that have turned the free country into a giant welfare scam.
You don't want to give credit to Palin for balancing the budget by cutting spending 7% in the upcoming fiscal year? Come on, the other 44 would have squandered the Oil money that Alaska manages so well and the budget was balanced off of cuts, not tax increases.
And yet the Libs will go to their grave saying that oil is the biggest threat to humanity. Fucking laughable. Fight tooth & nail against every single viable energy platform and put all your eggs in the wind/solar basket (which produces virtually no energy and likely won't be viable for decades).
I beleive the difference between fiscally sound states and states who are circuling the bowl fianancially can be attributed to social Idealism versas practical realism. Social idealist believe that there are an endless ammount of rich people who they can tax to fianace their socialist wet dreams. Practical realist see that you can only tax people so much(even rich folks) before they say screw it ,throw in the towel and cease being productive( or as productive.) Practical realist also realize that state spending has to be capped at a specific benchmark based on state revenues. One great aspect of the US is that business and individuals have a choice in which state they perfer to operate. It is no suprise that Texas has the highest rate of inbound mirgation and also has the nations lowest unemployment rate, and no income taxes. Milton Friedman would be proud!