I like rankings and maps because you get to see a lot of information in a single image.
I’ve shared some maps making very interesting international comparisons.
- Which nations have the most red ink.
- Which nations are money laundering centers (hint, not tax havens).
- A crazy left-wing “Happy Planet” map.
- Another silly map supposedly showing that America is one of the world’s most authoritarian nations.
Here are some good state maps with useful information.
- Which states have no income taxes.
- Which states give the highest welfare payments.
- Which states are in a “death spiral” because of too many takers and too few makers.
And I even have a local map.
- How many of the nation’s richest counties are in the D.C. metro region.
Now we have a map, based on some research from the Friedman Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, showing which states have the most education bureaucrats compared to actual educators.
I’m ashamed that my state of Virginia is the worst in the nation. Maybe paying for this bureaucratic bloat explains why our Governor recently broke his promise and imposed a huge tax increase.
I’m also shocked that Illinois is one of the best states in the nation, at least by this measure. Though I suspect this is the exception to the rule and the Prairie State will still be neck and neck with California in the race to bankruptcy.
Though Illinois is much closer to the bottom than to the top in the “Moocher Index,” so maybe it’s not as bad as we think.
P.S. If you like this “educrat” ranking, here’s a “Poverty Pimp” ranking of “public welfare” bureaucrats compared to state population. Ohio and Alaska do poorly in both, for what it’s worth.
Just to make things clear, paying for this vast edu bureaucracy is not why Governor McDonnell demanded a tax hike. The reason is because he wants to build additional roads.
And it does matter why you -take- at the point of a gun my property. If he wants roads fire somebody and work on repealing the 16th Ammendement.
@zbigniewmazurak Yes, but money is fungible, which means that it can be said to pay for the bloated educational bureaucracy just as easily as for new roads. So saying money is to pay for something doesn’t mean that’s what it will pay for.
It’s the total that counts, which is why Dan says the real problem is over-spending…
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