Neo-red states have turned budget deficits into budget surpluses. Wisconsin, after having a monumental fight with public sector unions, has had a near miracle:Over the past six months, Wisconsin has been nothing short of a miracle. Newly elected Governor Scott Walker and the Republicans in the majority in Madison got just about everything they wanted during the past legislative session, and a state facing a projected $3 billion budget shortfall with no end in sight now has a projected $300 million budget surplus. The amazing successes in Wisconsin have emboldened the legislatures and political leaders of other states, who have seen the wonders resulting from a little political backbone and fiscal common sense.
Ohio’s Governor John Kasich declared a budget surplus in this video:
It’s not only Wisconsin and Ohio that have improved, so have other red states:
Now that state employment information for the first half of 2011 is available, one can’t help but notice which states are up, as well as a particularly telling example of one which is down.
Though admittedly the comparison isn’t apples to apples, it’s worth noting that of the 757,000 seasonally adjusted jobs added in the overall economy this year from January through June, the ten states with the highest percentage employment growth were responsible for well over half, or 390,000 of them, even though they only have about 20% of the nation’s population.
Though admittedly the comparison isn’t apples to apples, it’s worth noting that of the 757,000 seasonally adjusted jobs added in the overall economy this year from January through June, the ten states with the highest percentage employment growth were responsible for well over half, or 390,000 of them, even though they only have about 20% of the nation’s population.
Even Michigan with its newly elected republican governor has seen a turnaround:
Six of the ten (Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming) have been conservative strongholds for decades. Montana, though its governor and two senators are currently Democrats, has been a red state in all but one presidential election since 1972. The final three highlighted above — Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin — were previously governed by Democrats who were replaced with GOP governors this year. All three are in the early stages of what may be remarkable turnarounds. I call them “the newly-reds.”
I guess those “blue states” are blue for a reason.
Source: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hey-who-wants-to-talk-about-wisconsins-economic-miracle/?singlepage=true
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/data-show-majority-of-job-gains-in-red-states/
Source: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/hey-who-wants-to-talk-about-wisconsins-economic-miracle/?singlepage=true
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/data-show-majority-of-job-gains-in-red-states/
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