MasterJaguar01
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ORIGINAL: BoscoX Congratulations then - your brainwashing is complete. Someone posts a truth that is inconvenient to leftist howling, and you have a knee-jerk reaction to argue against it Next, you can argue with this: The fact that the most "liberal" state in the union, is the poverty capital of America: quote:
Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income. Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%). It’s not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause. Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits. California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and “other public welfare,” according to the Census Bureau. California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation’s welfare recipients. California Democrats have long been free to indulge blue-state ideology while paying little or no political price. The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse. MORE Yes. When you figure in the cost of housing in California, it brings up the rate. They have some work to do. However, overall... Keep in mind... California is 3rd overall in the US in Economy https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/economy
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