CNN and Moody’s Investors Service put together a map showing per-capita state debt in all 50 states. The highest debt was $4,859 per capita in Connecticut. The lowest was $15 per capita in Nebraska.
But California state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore took a closer look and made an interesting discovery.
He found that among the states that voted for Barack Obama in 2008, average per-capita state debt was $1,728 – more than twice as high as the average $749 per-capita debt in states that voted for John McCain.
That’s not so surprising. Conservative, low-spending states tended to pick McCain; liberal, big-spending states leaned toward Obama.
Since Obama was favored by “big spenders” in the election, should it really shock the American people that he, too, has turned out to be a big spender?