So why are the welfare states overwhelmingly red? Like you racist bitches could live without us? http://www.businessinsider.com/red-states-are-welfare-queens-2011-8 Of the twenty worst states, 16 are either Republican dominated or conservative states. Let's go through the top twenty. New Mexico: $2.03 Mississippi: $2.02 Alaska: $1.84 Louisiana: $1.78 West Virginia: $1.76 North Dakota: $1.68 Alabama: $1.66 South Dakota: $1.53 Kentucky: $1.51 Virginia: $1.51 Montana: $1.47 Hawaii: $1.44 Maine: $1.41 Arkansas: $1.41 Oklahoma: $1.36 South Carolina: $1.35 Missouri: $1.32 Maryland: $1.30 Tennessee: $1.27 Idaho: $1.21