The article refers to proportion, not absolute numbers.
If you were to look at absolute numbers, you would find that CA has the largest poverty class in the country. This goes hand-in-hand with the proportion.
For CA to be on a par with the national average, another 8% of the population would have to be lifted out of poverty. But CA politicians will do everything they can to grow the poverty class while driving out the middle class.
As I asked, don’t CA schools teach math or deductive reasoning any more?
It’s a real shame to see what has happened to CA. People often ask if I plan to return when I retire, and my answer is always no, because CA is insane now. The cost of living is sky-high, while the quality of life just keeps plummeting. And economic and social illiterates run Sacto.
“For CA to be on a par with the national average, another 8% of the population would have to be lifted out of poverty.”
Well, CA leads the nation by $10k per year in real, median household income. Half above, half below.
CA also leads the nation in per capita income.
And both gaps are accelerating, YoY for the last 3 years.
And that’s with the highest total and percentage of “poor” AND welfare recipients.
That 8% you cling to is made up on the top end.
Now, don’t get me wrong and think I’m an advocate for the commies that run the state. Everything they do is wrong.
CA is this rich IN SPITE of them.
Will there be a reckoning one day? I have no doubt.
But it’s not here yet.
How’s that for math and deductive reasoning? Did YOUR school teach either?