[ffyahoo08]

Side by Side comparison.. Taxes...

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edi...z.asp?caret=1e Arizona Other Arizona tax facts
Arizona does not levy an intangible personal property tax.
The state has a new credit for taxpayers who install solar
energy devices for commercial or industrial purposes in their trade or business.
Arizona taxes retirement income from other states.
An individual may obtain an automatic six-month extension of time to
file an Arizona state return by filing Form 402.

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edi...te_tax_Ill.asp Illinois Other Illinois tax facts Illinois residents who homeschool their children can find detailed information about the state's education expense credit in Publication 119.
Illinois collects taxes in more than 40 areas. In addition to the usual liquor,
gasoline and cigarette taxes, the state taxes such things as aircraft use, food and
beverages and watercraft use. You can find details on all of them at this page.

Side by Side comparison.. Crime Rate..

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/

Arizona.

annual crimes
VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
30,478 287,345 317,823
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
5.13 48.38 53.51

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/il/
Illinois

annual crimes
VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
70,392 393,148 463,540
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
5.52 30.80 36.32

Side by Side Comparison.. Education..

Arizona 2005 Table 4. Student-Teacher Ratio in Public K-12 Schools,
http://www.nea.org/edstats/RankFull06b.htm
Student to Teacher Ranking # 2 ARIZONA 21.5
Expenditures ($) per Student Ranking #50 ARIZONA 5,474


http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/ Select Education Tab

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 1,043,298
NUMBER OF Arizona SCHOOLS 2,147
NUMBER OF Arizona SCHOOL DISTRICTS 597
SPENDING PER STUDENT ( 2007 ? ) ($) 6,184

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/il/ Select Education Tab

Illinois

Illinois 2005 Table 4. Student-Teacher Ratio in Public K-12 Schools,
http://www.nea.org/edstats/RankFull06b.htm
Student to Teacher Ranking # 16 ILLINOIS 15.9
Expenditures ($) per Student Ranking 18 ILLINOIS 9,327

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 2,097,502
NUMBER OF Illinois SCHOOLS 4,533
NUMBER OF Illinois SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1,037
SPENDING PER STUDENT ( 2007 ? ) ($) 8,896

Looks to me like Arizona is spending LESS per student and getting more Teachers in the
classrooms..

Side by Side Comparison.. Health Care..

http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps...vel=0&state=AZ
low-Average.

http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps...vel=0&state=IL
Borderline Weak

[twinzplus3]

Okay. . .but I don't see how this proves your anti-Obama point at all???? They are one part of a team in their state. Not to mention the fact that statistics really don't tell a whole story.

[ffyahoo08]

Taxes ... Illinois ... Illinois collects taxes in more than 40 areas.

Education.. Looks to me like Arizona is spending LESS per student and getting more Teachers in the classrooms..

The condition of almost everything on this is better in McCains State than in Obama's State .. .That SHOULD Certainly say something about there capabilities.

[twinzplus3]

Yeah. . .again it would say something about their capabilities if they were THE person in charge of their states. . .but they're not. They're only senators. The condition of the state is a much more effective look at the governor's job than a senator's. I'd rather look at voting records bc frankly, this tells me nothing.

[pattiewrites]

Originally Posted by twinzplus3

Yeah. . .again it would say something about their capabilities if they were THE person in charge of their states. . .but they're not. They're only senators. The condition of the state is a much more effective look at the governor's job than a senator's. I'd rather look at voting records bc frankly, this tells me nothing.

I just said something very similar in the other thread this person posted here. We are starting to think alike, Val!

[twinzplus3]

Ya know really, in many, many ways we think very much alike. So how do you know it's not your inner conservative but rather my inner liberal?