imagine the standard of living if they weren't payin for all the illegals?
Posted on 09/13/2018 2:36:06 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Federal data released Wednesday show that California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.
The Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) for 2017 estimates that California's poverty rate is at 19 percent. That figure is a slight 1.4 percent drop from last year, but still the highest of any state.
The bureau's methodology takes into account the cost of living in a given area.
Caroline Danielson, the policy director at the Public Policy Institute of California, said a high cost of living, in particular for housing, had weighed the state down.
"The state's high housing costs have weighed heavily relative to many other states," Danielson told The Hill via email Thursday.
California's high cost of housing has kept it around the top of the SPM since the Census Bureau began releasing data for it in 2011, according to Danielson.
Still, the 1.4 percent drop is consistent with national trends which saw the poverty rate for the entire country drop from 12.7 percent last year to 12.3 percent.
The whole country has been experiencing a drop in poverty rates for the last three years, according to federal data.
So there's that.
The coasters used to sneer at the “crackers” and “hillbillies” in Mississippi and Alabama because the latter were dirt poor. I guess the good ol’ boys have the last laugh.
You get what you invest in.
….said a high cost of living, in particular for housing, had weighed the state down....
Bad government—a socialistic, bureaucratic entitlement state—is weighing the state down more than anything else. The people can change this but only if they wise up and wish to do so.
They need a 5-year plan /s
Just as Venezuela’s is the worst in South America, and for the same reason.
It’s obvious not the insane governor or his cabal in Sacramento. They take care of themselves first and foremost like all insane Marxist Liberals.
Thanks to Jerry Browns Socialist policies and companies fleeing the state non stop
They need to import more 3rd World population. That could only make things better.
Behold, - The first fruits of Liberalism.
Nice going to all the California residents......who made California what it is today....an over-taxed 3rd world hell-hole!
As one of the bluest states, if not the bluest state, CA deserves accolades like this.
You can get a Uhaul from just about Anywhere in the lower 48 for FREE if you are Going to California and tow a trailer behind you. But it is $1500 One Way from Los Angeles to Texas and $1000 to Vegas
Startin’ to look a lot like Venezuala.
Illegals...plain and simple
Human trafficking in slave foreigners should fix it.
imagine the standard of living if they weren't payin for all the illegals?
The predictable result of decades of “progressive” government.
The “golden shower” state.
There aren’t many job openings for highly skilled sidewalk poopers.
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