UNDERNEWS: Best and worst states

March 31, 2022

Best and worst states

BEST STATES

Best based on ratings, incidents & practices in past 12 months. Note that nine of the ten worst states are in the south

Vermont
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Colorado
Maryland
Delaware
Washington
Wisconsin
Utah
Iowa

WORST STATES
Worst based on ratings, incidents & practices in past 12 months

Texas
Mississippi
Alabama

Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee

Georgia

South Carolina

Florida
Oklahoma

4 comments:

Greg Gerritt said...: Despite the low ratings for the South, the philosophy of low taxes and little regulation to protect the public seems to be the model to which all economic development bureaucrats aspire, much to our detriment. Bureaucrats in RI are always complaining that we need to cut taxes more so we can compete with low tax states for rich folks so pollute here.; March 3, 2022 at 4:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Which of the states on the second list is not southern?; March 4, 2022 at 3:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Mistake. Failed to include Oklahoma.; March 4, 2022 at 4:51 PM
bernard cleyet said...: More appropriate (IMAO) is not southern, but slave. All of them!

bc; March 31, 2022 at 3:45 PM

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