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  • Every Arizonan Owes More than $7,500 in State Debt

    08/30/2012 9:56:59 AM PDT · by inkling · 3 replies
    Goldwater Institute ^ | August 30, 2012 | Stephen Slivinski
    Every Arizona household's debt is getting bigger — but most people don't even know they owe. In Arizona, every man, woman and child owes state and local governments more than $7,500 for bills ranging from sports stadiums to parking garages. State and local per-person long-term debt grew from $4,568 per Arizonan in 2000 to $7,587 in 2009, an increase of 66 percent in less than a decade. Arizona's per-person debt load is almost $1,000 more than the national median of around $6,800 in per-person debt. The $7,587 owed by every Arizonan to pay off state and local debts is in...