The 10 states with the highest unmet obligations to their citizens are ALL Democrat Governors with Democrat Legislatures, except for Kentucky, which is split. The 10 states with the highest surplus per taxpayer are ALL Republican Governors with Republican Legislatures. I will quote Milton Friedman for the hard-headed liberals out there; " There is no such thing as a free lunch." When you spend money, it is either your money, or someone elses. Democrats LOVE to spend other people's money (debt) while Republicans like to keep a budget (spend their own money). One of the reasons you hear people bitch about "student loan forgiveness" is...some people save, do without, then scrimp to put their kids through college. Then they see their neighbor, new car every 2 years, vacations, eat out, new fashionable clothes....and then borrow to send kids to college. And they just say "heck with THAT noise!" Pay your bills!!!