Best and Worst Run States in America — An Analysis Of All 50

Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 11/28/2011 | Douglas A. McIntyre, Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Ashley C. Allen

[Billthedrill]

On a state and local level combined, Idaho spends less per capita than any state in the country on its population.

State government the way it ought to be: small, poor, and no more honest than it has to be. Personally I ascribe the low violent crime rate to one thing: we shoot back.

[arderkrag]

From the GA entry:

The state spent just $984 per person that year on public welfare, the third-lowest amount in the country. This lack of spending contributed to the state’s poverty rate of 16.5% — the 11th highest in the country — and the nearly 20% without health insurance, the fifth highest percentage in the country.

What nonsense. This country survived just fine for years with no "Public Welfare" spending.