Politics in the Zeros

Yes, there are a lot of jobs there, the majority of them requiring no more than a high school education. North Dakota is now the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the U.S., recently passing Louisiana. At the present rate of growth, it will knock California from third place later this year. The unemployment rate in the [...]

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The state is also adding jobs, and is the only state with a budget surplus. Having a sanely managed state run bank is a major reason why. The bank was a result of the populist movement North Dakota created the Bank of North Dakota in 1919, after thousands of North Dakota farmers, enraged by the [...]

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The $240 million, 115.5 MW wind farm was begun in August and completed a mere four months later; three and a half hours before midnight on the last night of 2009. GE supplied the 77 1.5 MW turbines. North Dakota also has a balanced budget, a publicly owned bank, and a senator who voted against [...]

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