21.  Arkansas, a poor state, has long made do with archaic voting machines.

22.  As demand increases in rich northern countries for pristine flowers at lower prices, so too does competition among poor southern states to supply them.

23.  Bonner County is one of the poorest counties in a poor state.

24.  Bringing spending in poor states up to an adequate level should be a federal role on which everyone can agree.

25.  But in New Jersey, officials say that the poor state of repairs was one indication that an entire school system was not working.

26.  But government should be no more limited in poor states than in rich ones.

27.  But poor states cannot raise much money from local taxes to top up federal funds, most of which go on salaries.

28.  But Russia and Iran happen to be giant neighbors that the poor Central Asian states have to live with, and which offer reasonably cheap access to world markets.

29.  Coupled with the poor state of most tribal economies, where employment may be largely seasonal or nonexistent, traditional home loans through banks are out of the question.

30.  Dick Morris explained to her that she could not do that in a poor state.