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WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1!
Oh.
Wait.
Shit, we're stupid here. If you ask ANY RI resident, they wouldn't be surprised, and they would point directly to our elected officials, the climate of 'old-boy-networking", pandering to unions, corruption and irresponsibility. And every damn election, most of these leaders run unopposed for re-election. Hell - even the sweetheart deal with the "casino" that they made (against the clearly expressed wishes of the public - TWICE) is going belly up.


New: R.I. led U.S. in employment woes last year
The 4.8 percentage point-increase in the state's unemployment rate last year led the nation, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Only North Carolina, where unemployment grew by 4 percentage points, and Nevada, where it rose by 3.9 percentage points, came close.