| Dear Reader,  Have your elected officials in your state been responsible with your hard-earned tax dollars?
At the Mercatus Center, our policy experts made it quick and easy for you to answer this question. They crunched the numbers and created a ranking system of all 50 states that includes a detailed analysis of the past, current, and future health of your state.
As you know, the decisions made by your state and local governments generally have the biggest impact on your day-to-day life. This is also where your voice is strongest and can have the greatest impact.
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You have to be responsible with your own family budget, and your state government should be no different!
But you can’t hold them accountable unless you know hard facts about their fiscal responsibility (or irresponsibility).
Unfortunately, major news media networks put too much emphasis on the politics and politicians in Washington, D.C.
The result is most Americans not knowing or understanding what’s happening in their own backyard.
At Mercatus, my colleagues and I pride ourselves on being different from the media and most other organizations that exclusively work on national-level issues.
Our scholars are doing everything in their power to communicate sound, dynamic, free-market ideas to decision-makers in Washington and across the country.
It’s important for Americans who value liberty to understand what the elected officials and bureaucrats in their state and communities do, and it’s where you as an individual can make your voice heard the loudest.
Our research helps everyone—not just budget experts—see how their state is performing. Our rankings put complicated financial reports into context and make it clear where improvements are needed.
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Thank you for all that you do in the fight to defend free markets and limited government.
Yours in liberty,  Veronique de Rugy, PhD Senior Research Fellow Mercatus Center
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