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As somebody from Upstate NY, I can’t say I feel too bad for them. The south has been holding this country back for decades tbh...

Desantis and his wife were money laundering and taking kick backs from Medicaid through his wife's charity.

As DeSantis administration officials scrambled last year to craft a Medicaid overbilling settlement that diverted millions to the Hope Florida Foundation, lawyers for healthcare contractor Centene and the Florida Attorney General’s Office tried to distance their clients from the agreement, a trove of newly released records shows.

Over 22 days in September, then-Chief Deputy Attorney General John Guard repeatedly removed references to his office in drafts of the settlement passed among negotiators.

Centene’s lawyers inserted language emphasizing that the company was “directed by the state” to donate $10 million of its $67 million settlement to the foundation. The attorneys insisted that Florida’s Office of Inspector General or attorney general be mentioned in the agreement.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article311619075.html (look up Florida Hope scandal and there's tons more)

Hope Florida charity paid for hotel rooms, perks for DeSantis officials

It wasn't the first time the Hope Florida Foundation, which benefits a program spearheaded by Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, has failed to file key paperwork. In April, its board president told state lawmakers that the charity had not filed any tax returns, created a budget or conducted audits required by law.

The charity is under investigation after diverting $10 million from a settlement with the state's largest Medicaid contractor to a pair of nonprofits that then gave millions to a political committee.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article308664570.html

Geez, red states don't make enough money and spend too much...

Mmmmm, where are all these fiscally savvy Republicans who make sure that the common man can see their taxes spent responsibly?

Oh yeah, that's right, they're all lying thieves who only entich themselves. The more Christian a politician claims themselves to be the bigger the thievery and lying. This says a lot about Florida and Texas.

California pays the bills for just about every red state out there. Fuck these states, let them burn..

Go fash lose cash

Blue states need to stop paying taxes. Taxation without representation no bueno. We can take the immigrants an ya’ll can have your theocratic dictatorship run by the imbecile pedo con man.

Well I'm sure their wise investments in apartheid, genocide, etc. will certainly pay off. \s \s \s

• Florida Poised to Prioritize Israeli Bonds, Even as Default Risks Rise

Seriously tho the default is the point. It's profitable for them monetarily and ideologically.

We, especially palestinians, are all going to continue to pay the bill for these delusional wackjobs.

thats what happens if your state depends on TOURISM, and mostly farm work, and retirees that dont pay taxes.

Keep voting for trump ya bunch of dipshits

Shit states lead to shit lives. It's not hard.

They have to deflect from their failed states by attacking the successful states like California and New York.

I was born in the top 3 empoverished states, I live in another top 3, and whaddya know, my employer is based in the third. If I came across this article in the wild, I'd check the privacy settings on my browser thinking it's a AI-generated Farticle (Fake Article) created from my own metadata. Unreal. But yet, it's true. Last week I couldn't pay for my 1 measly city college class, so I put it on the only credit card that isn't maxed out. Most days I feel like that rubber toy from the 80's Stretch Armstrong. Big smile and streeeeetch those finances!

@MicroWave When you have corrupt Governors and lawmakers that’s what you get. When will the people there learn?

Brown people! They came illegally, stole all the jobs, and now they've taken the economy too. Those black people probably need to go to rebalance thelosses. Maybe the white Christian holyland needs to purge the Jews and other non beleivers too? [predicting the MAGA playlist based upon world history]

With the party of financial responsibility at the helm, of course.

By average not by extremes. I think a few years ago a UN Special Report revealed startling examples of extreme poverty in several places in the USA.

lol. I got the fuck out of there finally. Sink FL, Sink!

Good and hopefully the decline continues in both red run deregulated Oblasts.

Fucking welfare states /s

Alaska’s high rating could very well have something to do with the Permanent Dividend Fund that every resident receives.

But honestly, this ranking does feel like just another way to keep the masses arguing amongst themselves over which political ideology or state is right; rather than focusing efforts on the ones at the very top sucking up all the wealth from the rest of us.

Can we just break up the country already? Let the Jesusland states go wallow in their stupidity and let the rest of must continue on into the 21st century.

Fuck the red states.