The socialist state of Illinois won, the worst state in the union as determined by residents. Illinois has more people on welfare than have jobs, like 9 other states. They are more than $40 billion in debt, gold-plated union government drone pensions for retirees at 50 y.o. and 90% of their previous salaries, free healthcare for life, are only 40% funded, and bankrupt. The democrats running the state, election after election, keep selling bonds (go deeper into debt), even though they doubled income taxes, which had little effect except to steal more money from productive people. Chicago is a shooting gallery, flash-mob war zone, savages running the streets.
It’s the worst of all possible worlds, and almost 20% of residents say their actively making plans to move to another state. Socialism is alive and well in Illinois, and will be the death of this country. And Illinois gave this country the worst, most destructive president in the history of this country; Never had a job, never run a company, no foreign policy experience, nothing, who rose and was elected as because of his skin color and affirmative action. A Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky community organizer radical that supports Al Qaeda, ignoring the constitution, the bill of rights, laws, letting in a wave of barbarian Mexicans, and is utterly destroying this country. Illinois, truly an American disaster.
These Are The “Worst Possible States To Live In” As Ranked By Their Residents
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/06/2014
It should come as no surprise that when Gallup recently conducted a poll asking residents to rank if their state is the “worst possible to live in” a whopping 25% of its residents, by far the most of any states, responded Illinois. Which were the other “worst possible” states? The table below ranks them all.
How about the opposite: the best US states to live in? Here is the full list in descending order.
And some commentary from Gallup:
Residents of Western and Midwestern states are generally more positive about their states as places to live. With the exception of the New England states of New Hampshire and Vermont, all of the top 10 rated states are west of the Mississippi River. In addition to Montana and Alaska, Utah (70%), Wyoming (69%), and Colorado (65%) are among the 10 states that residents are most likely to say their state is among the best places to reside. Most of these states have relatively low populations, including Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, and Alaska — the four states with the smallest populations in the nation. Texas, the second most populated state, is the major exception to this population relationship. Although it is difficult to discern what the causal relationship is between terrain and climate and positive attitudes, many of the top 10 states are mountainous with cold winters. In fact, the two states most highly rated by their residents — Montana and Alaska — are among not only the nation’s coldest states but also both border Canada.
With the exception of New Mexico, all of the bottom 10 states are either east of the Mississippi River or border it (Louisiana and Missouri). New Jersey (28%), Maryland (29%), and Connecticut (31%) join Rhode Island among the bottom 10.
The results are based on a special 50-state Gallup poll conducted June-December 2013, including interviews with at least 600 residents in every state. For the first time, Gallup measured whether residents view their states as “the best possible state to live in,” “one of the best possible states to live in,” “as good a state as any to live in,” or “the worst possible state to live in.”
Few Americans say their states are the single best or worst places to live. Rather, the large majority of respondents say their states were either “one of the best” or “as good a state as any” place to live.
One in Four Illinois Residents Say Their State Is the Worst Place to Live
Illinois has the unfortunate distinction of being the state with the highest percentage of residents who say it is the worst possible place to live. One in four Illinois residents (25%) say the state is the worst place to live, followed by 17% each in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Throughout its history, Illinois has been rocked by high-profile scandals, investigations, and resignations from Chicago to Springfield and elsewhere throughout the state. Such scandals may explain why Illinois residents have the least trust in their state government across all 50 states. Additionally, they are among the most resentful about the amount they pay in state taxes. These factors may contribute to an overall low morale for the state’s residents.
Texans Most Likely to View the Lone Star State as the Very Best
Although Texas trails Montana and Alaska in terms of its residents rating it as the best or one of the best places to live, it edges out Alaska (27%) and Hawaii (25%) in the percentage of residents who rate it as the single best place to live.
Texans’ pride for their state as the single best place to live is not surprising when viewed in the context of other measures. According to Gallup Daily tracking for 2013, Texans rank high on standard of living and trust in their state government, and they are less negative than others are about the state taxes they pay. The same is true for Alaska and, to a lesser extent, Hawaii, which had relatively average scores for trust in state government and state taxes, but ranked high for standard of living. The three also have distinct histories, geographies, natural resources, and environmental features that may contribute to residents’ personal enjoyment and pride in their locale.
Bottom Line
Residents with the most pride in their state as a place to live generally boast a greater standard of living, higher trust in state government, and less resentment toward the amount they pay in state taxes. However, the factors that residents use to determine whether their state is a great place to live are not always obvious. West Virginia, for example, falls far behind all other states on a variety of metrics, including economic confidence, well-being, standard of living, and stress levels. Still, over a third of West Virginians feel their state is among the best places to live, giving it a ranking near the middle of the pack.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-05/these-are-worst-possible-states-live-ranked-their-residents
Union drone Chicago teachers that make $120,000 go on strike because, hey, that’s just not enough. Dropout rates for black yuffs are almost 50%, and Chicago teachers/students barely have 50% literacy rates, and some of the worst test scores in the nation. The stupid fucks are making a mint while utterly failing as teachers. Typical union democrat modus operandi.
Their leader, Jabba the fat fuck
Record percentage of Illinois schools fail to meet federal targets
Results raise questions not only about schools, but about the standards’ value
Two-thirds of Illinois public schools this year failed to meet federal test targets that signal students can read and do math well, marking a record rate of failure for the state’s school system.
But some educators and lawmakers say the results raise questions not only about the schools themselves, but about the standards by which they are judged under the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.
A stunning 98.5 percent of Illinois’ 666 public high schools fell short. Only eight high schools where students take the exam in 11th grade met federal standards, a select few that includes academic standouts like north suburban Glenbrook North and Stevenson high schools as well as Dunlap High School near Peoria. Two additional high schools made the list based on participation and student performance on other state exams.
Across the state, six of every 10 elementary and middle schools missed the mark on math and reading tests and could face federal sanctions as a result, according to information disclosed Thursday by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Just reading about Chicago’s Mayor Rahm “Rahmbo” Emanuel trying to fix the pension system in Chicago, it has made him real unpopular. Chicago has to come up with 600 million next year to pump up police and fire pension system and city employees must must pay 29% more into their pension and receive a smaller pension. Only one in four voters state they will vote for Rahm in 2015, so we will see. The city has to pump in 50 million for the next five year into the regular pension fund just to keep it funded.
This is nitpicking. The whole pseudo-nation of USSA is under centralized direction from DC. If you have some freedom left in your remote rural location it’s because DC is occupied elsewhere and will get around to you later.
Oh, and don’t go overboard about Alaska. The state is largely controlled by the socialist “Native Corporations” (i.e., tribes) and the State Of Alaska is afraid to say “boo” to them. The aboriginals are gaining on the non-aboriginals demographically and the former will soon have complete power at the State level
I call bullshit on any “Worst State” list that doesn’t have New Joisey in the Top 2.
My son is moving to Chicago for grad school in a matter of weeks. Just hoping he can use his street smarts to stay out of the line of fire.
Any state whose favorite sons are Dick Durbin, Barack Obama and Chief Keef has to be the worst. My brother lives in Highland Park, IL. His response is always a chuckle and “Land of Lincoln”.
This is telling as it is the people in the state actually voting.
Michigan is in the top ten, even though at least 70% of the state is related to someone whom owes a great living to either the automakers (fed statists) or the state & locals (still statists). I figure is the 10% is those of us paying for the other 90%.
I want out soooooooo bad. It won’t be happening for at least 10 years unless something unforeseen happens. Sigh.
WARZONE: 11 Killed, 60 Wounded In Chicagoland Over Holiday…
11 Killed, At Least 60 Wounded In Citywide Shootings This Weekend
July 7, 2014
CHICAGO (CBS) – At least 11 people were killed and 60 others were wounded over the long holiday weekend, from Thursday afternoon, to early Monday morning.
There were also six police-involved shootings, two of them involving teens who were killed.
In the most recent fatal shooting, a 24-year-old man was shot in the back, right arm, chest, and eye while he was standing on the 8400 block of South Buffalo Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Police believe the shooter approached him from a nearby gangway and opened fire. The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:33 a.m.
Authorities have not yet released the man’s name.
When AWD said this, ” And Illinois gave this country the worst, most destructive president in the history of this country,” I thought at first he was referring to Lincoln.
This isn’t a fair poll.
You see, in states like Massachusetts or New Jersey you’ve got another horribly run state right next to you (Rhode Island, New York) so even though you know your state is run in a bipolar fashion, bouncing back and forth between the twin poles of incompetence and corruption, you can always harbor the notion that that other mess next to you is even worse.
In Illinois they’re surrounded by relatively sane states so they know how bad they are and harbor no illusions that the grass is even browner on the other side of the fence.
Here in Massachusetts, any moderately sentient biped knows our state is pathetic but we see Rhode Island next door and they’re not even able to put a reasonable facade on their decay like we do. So our residents don’t jump to the conclusion that we’re the worst.
Welshman, it’s a shame the population of this city is critical of the Rahmfather for the only thing he has done right, which is partially reforming city pensions by raising the retirement age and making employees contribute more.
Unfortunately, this guy is doing everything else wrong, his worst crime being to continue to dole out Corporate Welfare by the tens of millions of dollars to crony corporations, while making life ever more difficult for smaller businesses that are net taxpayers. Small and startup business confront draconian obstruction and regulation, unless they “pay to play” and managed to belly up to the feed trough for their share of TIF money and other subsidies. You have to be very good buddies with your alderman to do that, and you know what that means.
Fourth of July weekend toll: 82 shot, 14 of them fatally, in Chicago
By Peter Nickeas Tribune reporter
3:24 p.m. CDT, July 7, 2014
For 10 minutes, it seemed like the shooting was everywhere in the South Chicago neighborhood.
It started when someone shot and wounded a couple, then two people fired at the shooter, then there was a chase and shots exchanged and a man sitting on a porch was hit. Responding officers kept cutting each other off on their radios as they reported other gunfire in the area late Sunday night and early Monday morning.
Then the heavy equipment rolled in: A helicopter and SUVs packed with lockers of rifles. SWAT teams in green coveralls patrolled the streets with uniformed officers.
It was just one of dozens of shooting scenes across Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend. In all, at least 82 people were shot, 14 of them fatally, since Thursday afternoon when two woman were shot as they sat outside a two-flat within a block of Garfield Park.
Five of the people were shot by police over 36 hours on Friday and Saturday, including two boys 14 and 16 who were killed when they allegedly refused to drop their guns.
Many of the long weekend’s shootings were on the South Side, clustered in the Englewood, Roseland, Gresham and West Pullman neighborhoods that rank among the most violent in the city.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-fourth-of-july-toll-82-shot-14-of-them-fatally-in-chicago-20140707,0,5439185.story
14 killed in Chicago this weekend. The city improved by 14.