Comments on: Failing States http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087 "The hobgoblin of little blogs." "A knack for taking the already disturbing and turning it into the abjectly ghastly." Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bloodthirsty Liberal http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91393 Bloodthirsty Liberal Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:32:53 +0000 http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91393 Carol, I bet a nickel that the reason certain states didn't qualify for the list has to do with tight a tight definition for "failing". Alternatively, you can chock it up to the laziness of journalists. - Aggie Carol,

I bet a nickel that the reason certain states didn’t qualify for the list has to do with tight a tight definition for “failing”. Alternatively, you can chock it up to the laziness of journalists.

- Aggie

]]> By: Carol http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91392 Carol Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:13:13 +0000 http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91392 Yesterday there was a story in the news that state labor unions are in a tizzy in Washington because the legislature wants to balance the budget without increasing taxes. The unions actually seem to think that tax increase are the way to go. I'm astonished that Washington was not on that little list. Yesterday there was a story in the news that state labor unions are in a tizzy in Washington because the legislature wants to balance the budget without increasing taxes. The unions actually seem to think that tax increase are the way to go. I’m astonished that Washington was not on that little list.

]]> By: Bloodthirsty Liberal http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91381 Bloodthirsty Liberal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:56:06 +0000 http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91381 I wonder if that's it - if the states have in common increasing taxes? I just have a sense that there must be a common thread. What the heck could it be? - Aggie I wonder if that’s it - if the states have in common increasing taxes? I just have a sense that there must be a common thread. What the heck could it be?

- Aggie

]]> By: Bloodthirsty Liberal http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91380 Bloodthirsty Liberal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:02:28 +0000 http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/?p=11087#comment-91380 And, Aggie, I just heard New York state is in the same fiscal mess. Didn't they just raise taxes in the city and state? Imagine the bad luck of finding revenue decreasing as tax rates increase. Some states just can't catch a break. BTL And, Aggie, I just heard New York state is in the same fiscal mess.

Didn’t they just raise taxes in the city and state? Imagine the bad luck of finding revenue decreasing as tax rates increase. Some states just can’t catch a break.

BTL

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