Study finds that worst run US states are run by Democrats

IBD:

What Do The Worst-Run States Have In Common? They're Run By Tax-And-Spend Democrats

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As it turns out, states in the worst fiscal shape also tend to impose the highest tax rates in the nation. In fact, six of the 10 states that consistently show up as the least fiscally solvent rank in the Top 10 for highest taxes as a share of income, according to the Tax Foundation.

Of the 10 most fiscally sound states, all but one impose below-average tax burdens on their residents.

So, if it's not tax revenues, what makes a state fiscally sound or not? What the Mercatus data show is that it's the result of years of overspending and overpromising, mostly to unionized government workers by pliant Democratic leaders.
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Unionized government workers take advantage of a conflict of interest.  They support Democrats and Democrats support them with increased wages an benefits where no one at the table is representing the taxpayers.  That is why tax rates in those states increase and they still do not have enough money to perform basic services or service debt.  It is how you get states like Illinois.