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the reports from governing.com (from the magazine ‘governing’) rating the performance of states in a variety of areas  was interesting to read.

for one thing it was amusing to find out that when the state offered a retierment package/incentive more people took it than was expected. giving way for new people and, according to the report, a chance to restructure public management.

someting that came up for both louisiana and illinois was the lack of information on maintenance of things like roads and buildings. i remember hearing about a bridge collapsing and people getting more worried about the physical conditions of roads and bridges. i guess that rings true for the report since the states have not been doing maintenace very well.

it seems that louisiana has a better way to tract and asses information than illinois. that’s good, but i wonder about what both states are doing to help out people who’s jobs and opportunities are seriosly curtailed through a variety of factors.

i bring that up because of the healthcare struggle for single payer that has increased in recent months. also becasue the article mentions that louisiana has more people living in poverty than most other states but the treasury is growing fast due to oil prices.

something of unequal distribution comes to mind . . .