Friday, September 9, 2022

For The Archives -- Puts A Few Midwest Myths To Rest -- September 9, 2022

Link here.

Wow, look at Montana! Number 1. And Wyoming, #2!

Followed by

  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Arizona (huge surprise)

I was surprised to not see the following in the top five:

  • West Virginia (but it's still #9)
  • Hawaii (and it comes in dead last; those tourism dollars, fees, taxes, on hotel rooms, rental cars)
  • North Dakota (comes in at #44; one wonders the number before the Bakken boom)
  • Kansas (despite all those farm subsidies, comes in at #48)

Tag: federal return to individual states. 


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  1. MikeSeptember 9, 2022 at 8:05 AM

    Guess it depends on how govt aid is qualified. Montana has the largest per capita population of US veterans of any state. If their retirements/disability income is counted, the graph makes sense.
    If Fed retirement/disability is counted Arizona makes sense with the snowbird-retirement community there. Surprised Florida isnt higher- maybe Florida is where all the self made rich retire to, with their privately held pension plans

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