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Not At My Table - Political Discussions => National & International Politics => Topic started by: cannon_fodder on January 26, 2014, 08:53:29 AM

Title: 83 years later, Oklahoma is still a bottom 10 state
Post by: cannon_fodder on January 26, 2014, 08:53:29 AM
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/states-of-our-union-are-not-all-strong-102547.html?hp=f2#.UuUfVExMGSw

Politico ranked all 50 states and DC each on 14 categories.  Overall wealth. Health. Incarceration rate. Crime rate. Etc.  They then compiled those stats into the ranking.

The Bible belt faired very poorly, Oklahoma was no exception.

The common denominator for high ranking states? Education. Which makes sense, high school graduates are less likely to go to jail. Be unemployed. Die an early death. Start a business.  Let alone go to college.

Title: Re: 83 years later, Oklahoma is still a bottom 10 state
Post by: Conan71 on January 26, 2014, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: cannon_fodder on January 26, 2014, 08:53:29 AM
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/states-of-our-union-are-not-all-strong-102547.html?hp=f2#.UuUfVExMGSw

Politico ranked all 50 states and DC each on 14 categories.  Overall wealth. Health. Incarceration rate. Crime rate. Etc.  They then compiled those stats into the ranking.

The Bible belt faired very poorly, Oklahoma was no exception.

The common denominator for high ranking states? Education. Which makes sense, high school graduates are less likely to go to jail. Be unemployed. Die an early death. Start a business.  Let alone go to college.



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