Posted on 06/09/2012 9:58:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“Most of the 10 poorest states are Republican” is a quote of CNN’s Jack Cafferty. It appeared in his “Cafferty File” blog last September 22, and was accompanied by the opinion, this is “something the GOP can’t be too comfortable with.” Indeed, in an election year, you can bet that Democrats will try to make hay with those data.
My previous column made the case that Democratic Party policies have induced the impoverishment of America’s poorest cities. Turnabout is fair play. If Republican policies have led to the economic stagnation of entire states, whereas Democrats are only responsible for ruining cities, then the Dems might have the stronger campaign talking point. Let’s examine the 10 poorest states to see if Republicans are to blame for their relative economic standing.
The poorest states, based on per capita income, are, from first to last: Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana, Montana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and North Carolina. Of these, exactly half—Arkansas, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, and West Virginia—have Democratic governors and three have Democratic majorities in the lower house of their legislature, so these state governments can hardly be classified as completely Republican. On the other hand, only North Carolina voted for Obama in 2008, so in that sense, these states may be leaning Republican.
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No joke. Even in super-lean 2011 Montana had a freaking budget SURPLUS thanks to its tight-fisted Republican legislature.
(The governor is a Democrat and a blooming idiot—I repeat myself—but that is about to change.)
Good lord, Montana has oil, coal, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, timber, water, fine cropland and better rangeland, hearty people (the locals anyway) and endless miles of wide-open country...and this Jackass wants to tell me that New York or Illinois is rich and Montana poor?
Sure. Good. I’ll help him spread the word.
I was going for the whole (D-MS) thing. The economics of south is not a problem caused by the modern Republican party nor by Jeff Davis.
If true, it still doesn’t bother me. I couldn’t ask for a better quality of life or more freedom in this nation at this stage of history than I have in my home state (MS). Let the negative stereotypes keep on rolling, at least it’s guaranteed to keep liberal carpetbaggers from wanting to move here and “improve” the place with all their liberal values. I heard all this mess when we were being threatened if we voted to keep our flag(MS), we still voted to keep it and life is still good.
The most broke states are Illinois, California and New York - All run by the Dummycrats.
All these states except WV are poor for one reason and that poverty is not broad based but limited to one or two particular groups
Which drags down the whole states numbers
Same effect as crime rates and bastard kids
I mean really folks....are y'all just that damned scared to speak the truth?
Montana has a buttload of poor Indians on reservations and West Virginia has been in and out of coal depressions as one big single industry state with little “easy” land forever
Democrats don't help but that is as much a symptom as a cause
There are almost no GOP run major cities anywhere anymore...not even Dallas....which runs much better than say Memphis....both Dem cities
Ditto.
This is what the truth gets you. It’s enough to scare most folks into silence.
As I remember it the Virginia effort to stop slavery was three generations earlier — it was Queen Anne that prevented it.
Jefferson may have desired to cite that long past in incident but it was Patrick Henry that raised it in speeches.
“In short, those nine erstwhile slaveholding states have been lagging behind the northern states economically for two centuries. “
Not exactly. The South was the wealthiest section of the country until the Civil War. There was no Marshall Plan to rebuild the damage inflicted by the war.
You’re known by your enemies, lol!
looks to me like you sorta freaked him out by not fitting his narrative exactly as he imagines
bet heads exploded at SPLC in Montgomery too
i’m going to be driving thru there today coincidentally
331 south
You mean that weese po’?
Lordy...I wish ya’ hadn’t tole me that!
I wouldn’t have known, otherwise. /s
BTW, I just got back from MS. I filled my tank with gas that cost $3.05 per gallon. Before I left Oregon, I filled my tank and it cost $4.20 per gallon.
Yep...y’alls po’.
Keep up the good work!
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