New State Cheer*

We're 36th!
Go Alabama!
We're 36th!
Yay Mama!

According to the website 247WallStreet.com, Alabama is among the worst run states in the U.S., ranked 36th.


They write:
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 State debt per capita: $1,738 (7th lowest)

 Pct. without health insurance: 14.6% (tied for 24th highest)

 Pct. below poverty line: 17.4% (7th highest)

 Unemployment: 9.8% (12th highest)

Alabama only has a AA credit rating, but it maintains one of the lowest debts per capita in the country, at just $1,738 per person. Also, foreclosures are near the average. Otherwise, the state performs among the worst in the country in nearly every considered metric. The state has the fifth-lowest median household income in the country, as well as a poverty rate of 17.4% — the seventh-highest in the country.
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I might only add this:

a) Is pct. really an abbreviation for %?

b) I've never heard of the website before now.

And

c) the reason for the low per-capita debt is constitutional. The state charter requires balanced budgets, which is why we keep having to cut education funding mid-year.

     Speaking of that, an auto dealer in Montgomery is conducting a paper drive for the area public schools. Bring in reams or boxes of copying paper so the students will have something to write on. As opposed to funding the schools properly in the first place. And let's get those kids out selling candy and magazines and whatever to help make up the difference too. It can be a lesson for them! No public trough for you, little boys and girls! And don;t forget to being your own toilet paper each day!

(*Thanks to Chief Editor Person Jay for locating this ranking.)