Sucking on the teats of Washington.......................6. Montana
Return on Taxpayer Investment: $1.55
Funding as Percentage of Revenue: 38.5 percent
Federal Employees Per Capita: 13.53
Sucking on the teats of Washington.......................6. Montana
Return on Taxpayer Investment: $1.55
Funding as Percentage of Revenue: 38.5 percent
Federal Employees Per Capita: 13.53
Mike said:Sucking on the teats of Washington.......................6. Montana
Return on Taxpayer Investment: $1.55
Funding as Percentage of Revenue: 38.5 percent
Federal Employees Per Capita: 13.53
Big Muddy rancher said:Gee Saskatchewan and Alberta are right north of Montana are are doing the best of any other provinces in Canada. :?
Of course we have right leaning governments.![]()
Which U.S. states have the most pride?
State pride across the USA
A Gallup poll surveyed people in all 50 states to find out what percentage of residents say their state was the very best or one of the best places to live.
Best state to live
Janet Loehrke and Jolie Lee, USA TODAY
Jolie Lee, USA TODAY Network 10:12 a.m. EDT April 25, 2014
People who live in Montana and Alaska have the most state pride, according to a poll by Gallup.
In these two states, 77% of residents said their state was the best or one of the best possible states to live in.
Among the worst places to live in are Illinois, Rhode Island and Mississippi according to residents.
Residents who have a lot of state pride also "generally boast a greater standard of living, higher trust in state government, and less resentment toward the amount they pay in state taxes," according to Gallup.
The poll shows a correlation between positive attitudes and the state's location in a mountainous region with cold weather.
The bottom 10 states show a correlation between negative attitudes and state's location east of the Mississippi River or bordering it.
Most survey respondents did not say their state was the single best place to live, preferring instead to say it was "one of the best."
Texans were most likely to say their state was the very best place to live.
Gallup conducted the poll from June to December 2013 and interviewed at least 600 residents in each state.
Top 10 places to live:
1. Montana
2. Alaska
3. Utah
4. Wyoming
5. Texas
6. Hawaii
7. New Hampshire
8. North Dakota
9. Colorado
10: Vermont
Worst 10 places to live:
1. Rhode Island
2. Illinois
3. Mississippi
4. Louisiana
5. Michigan
6. New Mexico
7. New Jersey
8. Maryland
9. Missouri
10. Connecticut
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/25/state-pride-gallup-montana-alaska/8140879/
States receiving the most federal funding per tax dollar paid are mostly red states.
1. New Mexico: $2.63
2. West Virginia: $2.57
3. Mississippi: $2.47
4. District of Colombia: $2.41
5. Hawaii: $2.38
6. Alabama: $2.03
7. Alaska: $1.93
8. Montana: $1.92
9. South Carolina: $1.92
10. Maine: $1.78
Brad S said:Ot, what the hell do you find wrong with California? It's exactly the sort of failed state that socialism creates. How can an Obama voter identify anything wrong with California unless it's the fact that there still exists the last fragments of freedom? Go to The Richland Field, they'll tell you mt is already californicated.
Oldtimer said:Brad S said:Ot, what the hell do you find wrong with California? It's exactly the sort of failed state that socialism creates. How can an Obama voter identify anything wrong with California unless it's the fact that there still exists the last fragments of freedom? Go to The Richland Field, they'll tell you mt is already californicated.
And what or where is the Richland Field?
Whitewing said:Oldtimer said:Brad S said:Ot, what the hell do you find wrong with California? It's exactly the sort of failed state that socialism creates. How can an Obama voter identify anything wrong with California unless it's the fact that there still exists the last fragments of freedom? Go to The Richland Field, they'll tell you mt is already californicated.
And what or where is the Richland Field?
It's a field near Richland. :roll:
And what or where is the Richland Field?
Mike said:Sucking on the teats of Washington.......................6. Montana
Return on Taxpayer Investment: $1.55
Funding as Percentage of Revenue: 38.5 percent
Federal Employees Per Capita: 13.53