Posted on 01/16/2018 1:12:43 PM PST by ARGLOCKGUY
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.
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The answer to “Why?” is incorporated in the title!
Another “Duh” moment...
Because they’re taking money from working folks and giving it away to illegals?
I’m going with liberalism for a 1000 Alex>
‘liberal’...................
They need some help there. They are running out of other people’s money.
Voter ignorance and government incompetence.
Fifty years ago, California was the Golden State and led the nation in many positive categories. But in spite of that and all its natural resources and favorable climate, the state has managed to fritter it all away through massive legal and illegal immigration and by morphing from a conservative to a whacked out liberal state.
#1 in population among US states
large percentage of illegal immigrants
excessive development restrictions
anti-business attitude and laws
excessive welfare, which permanently lowers the skill sets of families
Democrats, turning California into America’s very own Venezuela.
States should ask for residuals from movies when the film industry uses locations...
instead of giving tax breaks, get some money coming in.
I loved visiting SoCal in the 1980’s. Didn’t get to questionable areas, though.
I just cannot believe voters are so stupid.
But then again, I could not believe my eyes in 2008 nor in 2012.
Yep, my two visits to California were in 1978 and 1983. It was great, but I've had no desire to visit again at anytime during the past twenty or so years.
“I went out this morning and picked an orange and ate it.
The manager threw me out of the store.”
‘The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse.’
DUH.
Because they keep electing POVERTY PIMPS to office.
CA can be summed up in one word: MAGNET.
California has 25% of the US homeless population...
Let’s move the wall to the east coast of California!
[Democrats, turning California into America’s very own Venezuela.]
And yet liberal votes just can’t figure out what keeps going wrong. SMH
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