ieOkay,
Bush hates Massachusetts. Conservatives express disdain and contempt
for the state. So let's compare:
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Texas
|
Massachusetts
|
Year
|
Source
|
|
| State Taxes (per capita) | 49th
|
6th
|
2002
|
Tax Foundation |
| State Taxes (tax rate) | 48th
|
31st
|
2002
|
Tax Foundation |
| State Corporate Tax Rate | 7th
|
41st
|
2004
|
Council on State Taxation |
| Personal Income | 28th
|
3rd
|
2003
|
US Census Bureau |
| Healthiest State | 45th
|
3rd
|
2005
|
Morgan Quitno |
| People with health insurance | 50th
|
8th
|
2004
|
United Health Foundation |
| Infant Mortality Rate (least to most) | 13th
|
3rd
|
Children's Defense Fund | |
| Obesity (least to most) | 38th
|
1st
|
2003
|
United Health Foundation |
| Teen Pregnancies (least to most) | 46th
|
11th
|
2000
|
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy |
| Divorce Rate (least to most) | 36th
|
1st
|
1998
|
Divorce Magazine |
| Most Children in poverty | 5th
|
39th
|
United Health Foundation | |
| Most People in Poverty | 6th
|
31st
|
2000-2
|
US Census Bureau |
| Expenditures per student K-12 | 34th
|
5th
|
2004
|
NEA |
| Smartest State | 33rd
|
1st
|
2005
|
Morgan Quinto |
| Most Liveable State | 45th
|
7th
|
2005
|
Morgan Quitno |
| Safest State | 40th
|
22nd
|
2005
|
Morgan Quitno |
Makes
you wonder what W is talking about ....but what would you expect
from a President from Texas?
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