Except where marked, Texas is NUMBER ONE in all these areas according to the US Census Bureau:
Percentage of Population without Health Insurance
Percentage of home refinance loans that are subprime-mortgage
loans (generally 3 to 4 percentage points or
more higher than a comparable prime market loan
Amount of Toxic Emissions from Manufacturing Facilities
Amount of Toxic Release Inventory Chemicals
Used by Manufacturing Industries
Number of Clean Water Permit Violations
Number of Environmental Civil Rights Complaints
Number of Hazardous Waste and Spills
Amount of Ozone Pollution Exposure (2nd)
Percentage of Uninsured Children
Percentage of Fully-Immunized Two-Year Olds (50th, which is kind of first)
Teenage Birth Rate (2nd)
Number of Job-Discrimination Lawsuit (3rd - what's that doing here?)
Number of Executions
Number of Adults in the Criminal Justice System
Number of Adults Incarcerated (2nd)
Number of Firearm Deaths (2nd)
Number of Registered Machined Guns
Number of Traffic Fatalities
Number of Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities
Number of Road-Rage Traffic Fatalities (2nd)
http://shapleigh.org/system/reporting_document/file/3/focus_documents3.pdf
And people keep calling Texas a "success"? I think the difference between what liberals think is a success and what the right wing thinks is a success is bigger than the Grand Canyon. Liberals simply don't want to live in a wild west cesspool