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Poverty in California - Why one of America’s richest states is also its poorest
Economist ^ | 11/2/2018

Posted on 11/04/2018 5:15:25 AM PST by Galatians328

The state with the largest share of people in poverty is California. As the most populous state, it also has by far the largest number of poor people, 7.4m.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; economy; nimby; poverty
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What happens when you get too many people and poor governing policy
1 posted on 11/04/2018 5:15:25 AM PST by Galatians328
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It has the highest “poor” because the state is run by Democrats who have no problem spending it's citizens money to feed the illegal, lazy, drug ingesting, multiple baby producing mothers, who don't give a rat's ass about America as long as those free bee’s keep rolling in.
2 posted on 11/04/2018 5:22:09 AM PST by Meadow Muffin
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To: Galatians328

BECAUSE SOCIALISM WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE NOT THE SOCIALIST


3 posted on 11/04/2018 5:22:41 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Galatians328

Cliff Notes version:

Once upon a time, the people of California voted Democrats into office.

The End.


4 posted on 11/04/2018 5:23:03 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: Meadow Muffin

America thanks you for your sacrifice.We welcome your productive middle class with open arms.


5 posted on 11/04/2018 5:25:23 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: Galatians328

Got really good after the NIMBY bit.


6 posted on 11/04/2018 5:28:58 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Galatians328

I couldn’t get to the article. What do they base their claim on? Percentages? Whole numbers?


7 posted on 11/04/2018 5:29:40 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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The central valley is red. Lot of poor people there too.


8 posted on 11/04/2018 5:30:05 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: ronnie raygun

You might want to work on that some more...


9 posted on 11/04/2018 5:32:28 AM PST by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: Galatians328

A population of lazy asses who can’t think straight and are high on weed is why.


10 posted on 11/04/2018 5:36:04 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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“Dianka Espinosa is a graduate student at Rio Hondo, a local community college”

I have never heard of a ‘graduate’ student at a JC. Stopped reading at the point.

11 posted on 11/04/2018 5:38:33 AM PST by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

OK, I’ll jump in here.

Chicago has the highest number of murders, but Baltimore has the hghest number of murders per 100,000 population. I think. Baltimore is therefore the more dangerous city

So, although California has the largest number of poor and the largest population, how many poor does it have per 100,000 population?


12 posted on 11/04/2018 5:38:35 AM PST by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: Meadow Muffin

America thanks CA for it’s sacrifice.We welcome your productive middle class with open arms.


13 posted on 11/04/2018 5:53:56 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: Galatians328

The author correctly points out that the stats are skewed because of the concentration of wealth in Hollywood and Silicon Valley but the real disparity is due to the excessive number of government employees with their lucrative salaries, benefits and pensions. You can go to TransparentCalifornia.com and see the obscene numbers for yourself.


14 posted on 11/04/2018 5:57:29 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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The fall of America parallels the destruction And mockery of marriage...probably just a coincidence.


15 posted on 11/04/2018 6:06:26 AM PST by Leep
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To: Galatians328

Because they have become a colony of Mexico.


16 posted on 11/04/2018 6:14:47 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ronnie raygun

I don’t know WHY the liberals/progressives in California are not EMBARRASSED by the condition of their state. I have been watching YouTube videos of homeless in CA. Disgrace!


17 posted on 11/04/2018 6:15:02 AM PST by Karoo
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Don’t they always go on about wealth inequality?

Why don’t the just distribute more to the poor?


18 posted on 11/04/2018 6:17:50 AM PST by seowulf
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“We welcome your productive middle class with open arms.”

Only the ones who don’t bring along their liberal politics and attitudes.


19 posted on 11/04/2018 6:20:07 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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America thanks CA for it’s sacrifice.We welcome your productive middle class with open arms.

Just don't let them vote.

In fact, there needs to be a ten-year moratorium on any former resident of California who was registered to vote in California from voting in any other state's election.

20 posted on 11/04/2018 6:21:03 AM PST by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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