Interesting Data

The Associated Press recently published data on the twenty most economically stressed counties in the United States, and the twenty least economically stressed counties in the United States, with the proviso that they must have a population of over 25,000.

Interestingly, seventeen of the twenty most economically stressed are in states which permit forced-unionism agreements, which unions euphemistically label "union security" agreements. The remaining three are in Nevada, which may go far to explain Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) difficulties in his re-election bid.

All of least economically stressed counties are in Right to Work states, which protect workers from being forced to join or pay dues to a labor union as a condition of employment.

H/T to Drudge.