Man with a Muckrake
No surprise there. Red state legislators seem to be happy to keep
their people poor and ignorant. That way the legislators can keep their
cushy jobs election after election.
Texas, 17; Kentucky, 16; Mississippi, 14; South Dakota, 10;
Louisiana, 5; Alabama, 4; Georgia, 4; Montana, 4; New Mexico, 4; North
Dakota, 3; Arizona, 2; Idaho, 2; Nebraska, 2; Tennessee, 2; West
Virginia, 2; Alaska, 1; Arkansas, 1; Colorado, 1; Florida, 1; Missouri,
1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Utah, 1; Wisconsin, 1.
The almost perfect overlap with gun availability and loose gun laws is unmistakable.