[Vide]

It’s a Union state...

Let's not pussy-foot around: it's a Catholic state. there's just something about Catholicism and corruption.

[FreeDeerHawk]

No there isn’t.

[SuziQ]

It's a DEMOCRAT state, which means corruption. It isn't just that they're Catholic. There are a lot of NON-Catholics in RI, as well, but they're just as stupidly Democrat as their Catholic counterparts. But frankly, some Republicans in RI seem just as bad, sometimes. I guess it's a Northeast thing.

The same thing holds in MA; non-Catholic Dems, as well as Catholics are wedded to their political ideas, which they learned from the crib, and don't seem to want to challenge, in any way. I think some of it has to do with the fact that they're from immigrant families which came here in the late 1800s and early 1900s. When they arrived, it was Democrat groups that helped them assimilate, get jobs, and 'guided' their votes, so naturally, they felt more beholden to the Dems than the Republicans, and kept that loyalty all these many years. They still have the notion that it's the Democrats who are for the 'working man', and can't see that the policies of the modern Democrat party work against those who truly DO work hard and want to succeed and create some wealth for themselves.