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A Blue Blue Day

On 4/18/17 the America Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) put out its 10th annual “Rich States, Poor States” study. Every year this study accesses and compares economic opportunity in all of the states. ALEC thought that there would be “a pro-growth trend across the nation in 2017″(? a post Trump election effect), but, as in all years, there was a bottom ten (#41 – #50).

All the states in the bottom ten were blue states that have either a Democratic legislature, a Democratic governor, or both. Those in nomination for the worst state in terms of economic opportunity included the  usual blue suspects . . . Illinois, Hawaii, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, and Oregon.

“The envelope, please.”

And the Oscar (the worst state in terms of potential economic opportunity) goes to . . . New York – a blue state with both a Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor.

However a very special mention has to go to blue California (again with both a Democratic legislature and a Democratic governor) that managed to tumble 16 places from #31 in 2016 to # 47 in 2017. Some had thought that when it went from #44 (2015) to #31 (2016) that possibly economic opportunity was looking up in the Golden State, but alas California fell even further compared to its disastrous ranking in 2015.

I am sure that the Democrats that run California will either ignore this study, or say that that the Russians were somehow responsible!

 

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