RunInRed 16,404 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Great job Governor Bentley and GOP state congress, that's some real progress we're making ... Alabama's economy ranked 46th overallA recent ranking still put the state near the bottom for the worst state economies. Business Insider compiled the list, ranking Alabama's economy 46th overall. The report cited Alabama's 2013 GDP per capita, $37,389, which is well below the state average of $48,183. The housing market was also used to determine Alabama's ranking, with prices increasing by 1.64 percent year-over-year from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. The state's manufacturing sector reportedly employs a larger share of the state's population than any other U.S. state. This is compounded by other factors that show a state in dire need of improvement. We previously reported that Alabama was ranked as the second worst state for quality of life, with factors including employment, homicide rates, voter turnout and household disposable income per capita. Additionally, Alabama residents, on the whole, also do not seem happy, according to the most recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2014. The Index ranked Alabama 45th overall for the well-being of its citizens and 45th for financial well-being. The state's myriad problems could be a result of bad leadership, another sector where Alabama ranks near the bottom. We recently reported on an analysis by 24/7 Wall St., which ranked Alabama as the 10th worst run state, with 10 percent of households in Alabama earning less than $10,000 a year in 2013 and 19 percent of the state population living under the poverty line. The gender pay gap in Alabama also has a negative effect on the state's economy, ranking 31st nationally, with men in Alabama making $10,462 more annually than their female counterparts. http://www.bizjourna...th-overall.html Oh the joys of red-state-living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM4AU 332 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Serious question, is this up, down, the same over the last several years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,404 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Forgot to mention, if you follow the link to the source article from Business Insider, the feature image ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,601 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Forgot to mention, if you follow the link to the source article from Business Insider, the feature image ... The main reason the economy stinks in Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,404 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Forgot to mention, if you follow the link to the source article from Business Insider, the feature image ... The main reason the economy stinks in Alabama. Something we all can agree on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,601 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Forgot to mention, if you follow the link to the source article from Business Insider, the feature image ... The main reason the economy stinks in Alabama. Something we all can agree on! It's an anchor stuck 6 ft. in the muck with no help from the engine house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM4AU 332 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Forgot to mention, if you follow the link to the source article from Business Insider, the feature image ... And there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan4Auburn 1,626 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Well, least we obtained the rights to the song Sweet Home Alabama..................so we got that going for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,419 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Great job Governor Bentley and GOP state congress, that's some real progress we're making ... Alabama's economy ranked 46th overallA recent ranking still put the state near the bottom for the worst state economies. Business Insider compiled the list, ranking Alabama's economy 46th overall. The report cited Alabama's 2013 GDP per capita, $37,389, which is well below the state average of $48,183. The housing market was also used to determine Alabama's ranking, with prices increasing by 1.64 percent year-over-year from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. The state's manufacturing sector reportedly employs a larger share of the state's population than any other U.S. state. This is compounded by other factors that show a state in dire need of improvement. We previously reported that Alabama was ranked as the second worst state for quality of life, with factors including employment, homicide rates, voter turnout and household disposable income per capita. Additionally, Alabama residents, on the whole, also do not seem happy, according to the most recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2014. The Index ranked Alabama 45th overall for the well-being of its citizens and 45th for financial well-being. The state's myriad problems could be a result of bad leadership, another sector where Alabama ranks near the bottom. We recently reported on an analysis by 24/7 Wall St., which ranked Alabama as the 10th worst run state, with 10 percent of households in Alabama earning less than $10,000 a year in 2013 and 19 percent of the state population living under the poverty line. The gender pay gap in Alabama also has a negative effect on the state's economy, ranking 31st nationally, with men in Alabama making $10,462 more annually than their female counterparts. http://www.bizjourna...th-overall.html Oh the joys of red-state-living. Rob, in reality we were no better when the Democrats ran everything in Alabama.The real problem is that we are a one party state then and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,601 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Great job Governor Bentley and GOP state congress, that's some real progress we're making ... Alabama's economy ranked 46th overallA recent ranking still put the state near the bottom for the worst state economies. Business Insider compiled the list, ranking Alabama's economy 46th overall. The report cited Alabama's 2013 GDP per capita, $37,389, which is well below the state average of $48,183. The housing market was also used to determine Alabama's ranking, with prices increasing by 1.64 percent year-over-year from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. The state's manufacturing sector reportedly employs a larger share of the state's population than any other U.S. state. This is compounded by other factors that show a state in dire need of improvement. We previously reported that Alabama was ranked as the second worst state for quality of life, with factors including employment, homicide rates, voter turnout and household disposable income per capita. Additionally, Alabama residents, on the whole, also do not seem happy, according to the most recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2014. The Index ranked Alabama 45th overall for the well-being of its citizens and 45th for financial well-being. The state's myriad problems could be a result of bad leadership, another sector where Alabama ranks near the bottom. We recently reported on an analysis by 24/7 Wall St., which ranked Alabama as the 10th worst run state, with 10 percent of households in Alabama earning less than $10,000 a year in 2013 and 19 percent of the state population living under the poverty line. The gender pay gap in Alabama also has a negative effect on the state's economy, ranking 31st nationally, with men in Alabama making $10,462 more annually than their female counterparts. http://www.bizjourna...th-overall.html Oh the joys of red-state-living. Rob, in reality we were no better when the Democrats ran everything in Alabama.The real problem is that we are a one party state then and now. Ding, ding, ding! All 7's. Jackpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,456 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Clinton killed Textiles in Alabama, and the rest of the U.S., with nafta. That equals Many-many thousands of jobs....carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,404 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 I more rib the AL GOP for their mantra of jobs jobs jobs and no new taxes ... the results don't fit the red meat they continue to feed the blindly following masses. DKW - GOP has had state in a strangle hold for quite some time ... the buck has to stop somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 2,229 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's been over 30 years since I lived in AL. I see that the saying we had back then, "thank God for Mississippi!" hasn't changed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,456 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's been over 30 years since I lived in AL. I see that the saying we had back then, "thank God for Mississippi!" hasn't changed! sad but very true....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,419 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I more rib the AL GOP for their mantra of jobs jobs jobs and no new taxes ... the results don't fit the red meat they continue to feed the blindly following masses. DKW - GOP has had state in a strangle hold for quite some time ... the buck has to stop somewhere. Rob, if i thought i could find enough people here to launch a valid Independent Party, or could help rebuild the ADP, i would join in.When the entire state is run by one party, be it either Dem or Republican, we all lose. We no longer even have a debate or discussion about what is right in Alabama. Bentley wont even talk about an education lottery. Yet Alabama sends $100Ms to neighboring states. The ADP is not even replying anymore they are so woefully disorganized and so horribly lead. The LIA, Left In Alabama, openly mocks the ADP leadership as incompetent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTUmike 79 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Clinton killed Textiles in Alabama, and the rest of the U.S., with nafta. That equals Many-many thousands of jobs....carry on Oh I just love when people oppose NAFTA. Free trade not your thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,579 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 What's wrong with 46th? Now, if we could get another million or so to go elsewhere we might slip to 50th and there'd be some peace and quiet around here! Seriously, I can't think of a single time in the past decades when I'd have been better off with a booming economy. Anybody that likes smokestacks, 12 lane freeways and industrial noise can move to Ohio or Texas. On the gender gap thing, I've never seen anything that convinces me that it's a problem. Compare apples to apples and then we'll talk. Show me where, oh say, female graduates from AU's School of Forestry with five years experience make $10,000 per year less than male forestry graduates with five years experience and there could be a discussion. Show me where male hotel room maids make $10,000 more than female room cleaners and there's a problem. As long as the genders are filling different jobs and working for different lengths of time, saying "women make less than men" is a meaningless statement. Remember when somebody pointed out the gender pay gap in Obama's whitehouse? The excuse (sound in this case) was that the maids and tour guides were almost exclusively female while positions that required more responsibility and experience were pretty much balanced between male and female. Yet statistically, the pay gap is there. It's only meaningful when people holding the same positions with equal experience are getting paid differently and nobody has ever shown that to be the case except in isolated incidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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