Valuetainment - July 14, 2026


"Are They Dumb?" - CNBC Ranks Tennessee and Texas Worst States as Millions Move In


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The top 10 worst states to live in in the US by CNBC and why they are the worst. Why are people moving out of Texas and Tennessee? Why is Goldman Sachs building a new headquarters in Dallas, Texas? Why are they moving to Texas?

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00:00:00.000 Can you go to the story of a CNBC that came out saying the top 10 worst states to live
00:00:04.540 in?
00:00:04.760 Go to the, by the way, you guys, if you haven't seen this, this is just funny to me. 0.95
00:00:09.320 So CNBC woke up and said, let me go write a bullshit article titled top 10 worst states 0.98
00:00:16.120 to live in in America. 0.99
00:00:18.000 You ready?
00:00:18.900 Look at this.
00:00:19.440 These are the 10 worst states to live in 2026.
00:00:22.520 And the things they went off of was crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker
00:00:27.480 protection, civil rights.
00:00:29.400 They took out one thing, which I don't know.
00:00:31.900 They're not telling the truth there because I've seen the chart, what it was.
00:00:34.660 Another thing that they had in there was they were looking at, what is the word?
00:00:39.960 What is one of those DEI words that they like to use?
00:00:43.220 Inclusion.
00:00:44.320 No, they were looking at inclusivity.
00:00:49.300 Inclusivity.
00:00:49.860 Inclusion.
00:00:50.300 You're right.
00:00:50.620 Inclusion.
00:00:51.080 So if you go a little bit lower, look at the top 10 worst states.
00:00:54.760 Arkansas was number 10.
00:00:56.340 Go to nine.
00:00:57.100 Notice a pattern with all these states.
00:00:58.740 are they red or blue keep going oklahoma's next red then they have alabama red red that guy's
00:01:03.800 depressed okay then they got missouri keep going then they got utah very red then they got georgia
00:01:10.680 keep going purple keep going louisiana keep going go a little faster indiana keep going
00:01:16.800 then you got texas oh it's one of the worst states oh yeah for sure and i look at number one go to
00:01:21.900 number one. Number one is Tennessee. Tennessee is the lowest taxes all in out of all the states.
00:01:30.020 Now, can you do me a favor while they're doing this? Can you do me a favor and go type in 2025
00:01:34.760 top 10 best and worst states in net migration? These are states that are gaining the most and
00:01:43.140 losing the most type in top 2025 no just do it on chat gbt 2025 top 10 uh 2025 top 10 states
00:01:52.900 in best and worst net migration i want you to see this how the hell do you say these states are the
00:02:00.000 worst states to move into in net migration net net migration net migration so when you look at this
00:02:07.240 chart. No, you already did 2020. Just press enter. There you go. So top 10 states and net
00:02:13.600 migration. Look what you'll notice here. Look what you'll notice here. If you look at the best
00:02:18.080 and the worst, who do you think is the worst? Who do you think is the worst? Go a little bit
00:02:22.300 lower. Go a little bit lower. So the best states is North Carolina, positive 84,000. Texas, number
00:02:27.240 two. If Texas is so bad and it's the second worst state, why the hell are people moving? Are they
00:02:32.880 dumb is that what you're saying cnbc south carolina's three tennessee's four so two out of 0.99
00:02:37.760 the four states that they said is the worst their top two are in the top four then arizona georgia 0.94
00:02:42.880 was on their list as the worst alabama was on their list as their worst florida idaho nevada
00:02:47.380 now look at the worst look who's at the top four worst keep going lower you did the best and worse
00:02:52.520 didn't you or just gave you the best okay so look at the worst if you look at the worst with a t
00:02:58.300 you will notice number one is California.
00:03:00.920 Minus 229, New York, minus 138, Illinois, minus 40,
00:03:06.060 Jersey, minus 37, Massachusetts, minus 33,
00:03:10.180 Louisiana, 14, Maryland, Colorado, Hawaii, Connecticut
00:03:12.660 are losing.
00:03:13.840 But no CNBC.
00:03:15.100 No, no, not at all.
00:03:16.240 You want to talk about Texas and Tennessee
00:03:18.540 are the worst states.
00:03:19.460 Why is there a stock exchange going to Texas?
00:03:22.500 Why is Goldman Sachs building a building there
00:03:24.560 that's their second headquarters, 800,000 square feet?
00:03:27.920 Why are all these major companies moving to Texas?
00:03:30.220 Tell us why.
00:03:31.100 Tell us why CNBC, oh, inclusivity is bad.
00:03:35.220 It's one of the main reasons.
00:03:36.580 Really?
00:03:37.040 Or is it yours?
00:03:37.980 Can you actually go and see who the hell wrote this article?
00:03:40.900 Go and see who wrote this article for CNBC.
00:03:42.660 I want to know who this person is.
00:03:43.840 And I can't wait to see what school they went to.
00:03:44.520 I just want to know who this person is.
00:03:46.120 Who is this person?
00:03:46.820 Scott Cohen.
00:03:47.680 Uh-oh.
00:03:48.260 Scott.
00:03:48.660 Oh, he's got a hashtag, guys.
00:03:50.280 Scott Cohen.
00:03:51.380 Zoom in a little bit.
00:03:52.240 Journalist, methodology.
00:03:53.900 Go to his website.
00:03:54.680 I actually want to know where this guy went to school.
00:03:56.980 I can't wait. Is there any way we can find that where this guy went to school to say those are
00:04:01.320 the top 10 states? Because you know how they do it. They'll take the chart and they'll say,
00:04:08.160 let's add these categories. Oh, take that one out because it made California look bad. 0.90
00:04:12.500 Oh, take this one out. No, no. Add this thing in. No, let's add inclusivity. Well,
00:04:16.340 what chart do you want to use for inclusivity? Let's use this here. Let's use that here.
00:04:19.960 And then also, so that's what it is. Yeah. You know what? Make Texas and Tennessee look horrible.
00:04:24.700 You know how many people are moving to Tennessee
00:04:26.020 and they don't want anybody else to know
00:04:27.420 that they're moving to Tennessee?
00:04:28.660 You know how many people are living in Tennessee
00:04:30.140 and they don't want you to move to Tennessee?
00:04:32.340 Do you know how many people that are Texans
00:04:34.080 are hoping this article goes viral
00:04:35.820 because they don't want the wrong type of people
00:04:37.340 to move to Texas?
00:04:38.480 A lot of people.
00:04:40.340 A lot of people.
00:04:41.900 So what did he do?
00:04:42.820 He was at NPR.
00:04:44.020 University.
00:04:44.480 And I just want to know what school did he do?
00:04:46.080 I think he went to Wisconsin,
00:04:48.000 University of Wisconsin.
00:04:49.800 He went to Wisconsin.
00:04:50.920 Good people come out of there.
00:04:52.180 But I don't know.
00:04:52.740 Maybe he's one of the ones.
00:04:53.760 40 years experience journalism since 1981 university of wisconsin main east high school
00:04:58.360 board of visitors school journalism actually in term formation yeah tom how do you process these
00:05:03.340 types of nonsense top 10 lists when they rank the two best states that a lot of people are moving
00:05:08.520 into well i it's almost like i don't need to process it you just did but i'll tell you i'll
00:05:12.920 give you the why this is my observation tom's observation as to why these get written these
00:05:18.380 are intentional political voice hit pieces they wake up in the morning and it's like hey look
00:05:23.960 we need how do we how do we somehow throw shade for the american people they're trying to shade
00:05:31.880 the people that aren't paying attention pap that watched cnbc they're trying to shade these red
00:05:38.160 states and make them seem uninclusive and everything but you know what the reality is
00:05:42.460 when people go to these states you have the same reaction that the visitors from europe and the
00:05:46.140 world cup did oh my god texas brisket is good what a bucky's what an amazing thing what nice people
00:05:52.120 look at the hospitality we get look at all this and so all the they find it this is nothing more
00:05:57.900 than a hit piece politically to throw shade on the success of the red states by you said it
00:06:04.440 find and find an algorithm remember everybody used to pick on google algorithms hey google
00:06:09.980 algorithms they won't give you a fair remember the accusations vinnie they won't give you a fair
00:06:14.820 search on covid research on ivermectin research somebody's playing with the algorithm well the
00:06:20.800 algorithm is this guy this guy who is now with npr monterey bay oh there's there's a neutral news
00:06:27.780 source npr monterey bay and he wakes up and he says hey look we got to throw some shade at the
00:06:33.000 other side patch where i'm going to write an article it's exactly as you say but what i'm
00:06:36.880 adding to it my opinion my observation these things are intentional and they come from the
00:06:43.200 political direction of the news directors up inside that is my observation that is my conclusion
00:06:50.740 based on my own independent analysis i'm not accusing anybody of a crime what i'm accusing
00:06:55.700 them of is is injecting personal editorial bias and calling for these adam your thoughts and
00:07:01.660 lining them up look this is one of those things that if you're solving for something you'll find
00:07:06.980 some stat that agrees with basically whatever claim you're trying to make but what's the number
00:07:11.780 one thing that everybody says is the number one issue anytime that it comes to an election what's 1.00
00:07:16.040 the number one thing the economy stupid it's the economy stupid it's affordability so if you're 1.00
00:07:20.760 talking about the least unaffordable states not all these other things air quality worker 1.00
00:07:27.400 protections inclusiveness trans rights esg all these things if you're talking about the least
00:07:34.020 affordable states there's uh the top five that's california hawaii massachusetts new york and new
00:07:40.560 jersey now what do all these big beautiful states have in common they're all the big blue beautiful
00:07:46.040 states so if you're if you're solving for affordability as the number one thing those
00:07:50.780 are the states to avoid and pbd you hit the nail on the head net migration people are moving to
00:07:55.920 texas people are certainly moving to florida and people are moving to tennessee so don't be fooled
00:08:00.720 by these ridiculous stats because they clearly have an agenda on them yeah vinnie any thoughts
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