A new poll shows that...

How many times have you heard that a new study or poll shows that the great state of Alabama has ranked dead last (or near dead last)?

Whether it's education, teacher salaries or highway safety funding, you name it and chances are that Alabama is somewhere in the back or near the bottom.

When I hear about these studies or polls or read about it in some editorial, my first inclination is: So what?

My second thought is about the actual study or poll. Usually there's a motive behind it and the results.

If Alabama widget makers feel they aren't paid enough, they can hire a firm to put together a study that shows that they aren't paid enough. Then they'll push for legislation forcing them to be paid more... at YOUR EXPENSE.

Here's my question to you: If you put 50 multi-millionaires in a room, one of them is going to be ranked #50. Hopefully your first reaction to that is simply, 'So what?'