AMA 128 – The United States Economic Status with Megan Greene, Chief Economist of Manulife & John Hancock Asset Management

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-792" title="2345895971_e8cd13e980_m" src="https://americanmonetaryassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2011/07/2345895971_e8cd13e980_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="160" />Sometimes the best way to get someone to change a bad habit is by exposing them publicly. Well, when it comes to fiscal irresponsibility, the federal government wins, hands down. No single state in the union can hold a candle to Uncle Sam's raging, decades-long <a href="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/" target="_blank">spendathon</a>. But there are ten states that have distinguished themselves from the pack via the means of their citizens racking up a tremendous amount of debt. The following list comes to us courtesy of <a href="http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/devil-details/debt-in-america-most-least-indebted-states/4899/" target="_blank">Moneywatch</a>.