"No state in the US has a socialist economy. None have free market economies either. "
You are correct. However, some states are closer to a true free market economy than others. Likewise, some states are closer to a true socialist system. So, the question is, how do these states on each end of the spectrum perform? Here is a list of the top ten performing states from 2001 to 2010 1. Texas 2. Nevada 3. Utah 4. Wyoming 5. North Dakota 6. Idaho 7. Arizona 8. Alaska 9. Montana 10. Washington Before continuing, let's look at plank 2 of the Communist Manifesto: 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. Here is a list of states with no income tax: - Alaska - Florida - Nevada - New Hampshire - South Dakota - Texas - Tennessee - Washington - Wyoming TN was ranked 23th, New Hampshire was ranked 32, Florida was ranked 14, SD was ranked 16. It gets more interesting if you look at project outcomes. TN is 18, NH is 27, FL is 9, and SD is 3. J - The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of liberalism, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened. -Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948 If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its free! -P.J. ORour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
