Idaho is the 5th least indebted state.
Also notice the thing about the rankings: the most indebted states are run by Democrats.
Yes, Socialists truly do run out of other people’s money at some point.
Truth in Accounting ranks the states below according to their Taxpayer Burden or Surplus, which at the end of the day, it’s what the taxpayer is on the hook for.
Here are the rankings (from less indebted to most indebted):
- Alaska, $74,200 per taxpayer
- North Dakota, $30,700
- Wyoming, $20,800
- Utah, $5,300
- Idaho, $2,900
- Tennessee, $2,800
- South Dakota, $2,800
- Nebraska, $2,000
- Oregon, $1,600
- Iowa, $700
- Minnesota, -$200
- Virginia, -$1,200
- Oklahoma, -$1,200
- North Carolina, -$1,300
- Indiana, -$1,700
- Florida, -$1,800
- Montana, -$2,100
- Arkansas, -$2,300
- Arizona, -$2,500
- Nevada, -$3,100
- Wisconsin, -$3,200
- Georgia, -$3,500
- Missouri, -$4,300
- New Hampshire, -$5,000
- Ohio, -$6,600
- Kansas, -$7,000
- Colorado, -$7,200
- Washington, -$7,400
- Maine, -$7,400
- West Virginia, -$8,300
- Mississippi, -$10,000
- Alabama, -$12,000
- Texas, -$12,100
- New Mexico, -$13,300
- Rhode Island, -$13,900
- South Carolina, -$14,500
- Maryland, -$15,500
- Michigan, -$17,000
- Pennsylvania, -$17,100
- Louisiana, -$17,700
- Vermont, -$19,000
- New York, -$20,500
- California, -$21,800
- Kentucky, -$25,700
- Delaware, -$27,100
- Hawaii, -$31,200
- Massachusetts, -$31,200
- Connecticut, -$51,800
- Illinois, -$52,600
- New Jersey, -$65,100