The top ten POOREST states are all RED states: MS, WV, AL, LA, KY, AR, SC, OK, TN, TX

[LV426]

On the contrary, dear, I readily agree institutionalize racism exists. One example is AA.

How is AA institutional racism?

[Flash]

Ah...so now you're starting to understand institutional racism!!!

Well, at least you got there eventually...only took you about a decade to catch up.

What you call "institutional racism" is a simplistic term for complex societal problems. If you wanted to prove institutional racism exists, how do you measure it?

[Mason Michaels]

Check the demos.

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[Mason Michaels]

And probably the bulk of that wealth is in the pockets of the 1%.

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[Flash]

They aren't which is why it's bullshit to claim the Republicans are doing the same to the poor in blue states.

We hear regularly from the JPP liberals that the rich are oppressing the poor working class. How can that be any less true in blue than red states.

Those same posters tell us how we should increase taxes on the rich and redistribute that money to help the lower income.

Yet, when we tax the blue states higher and redistribute it to the red states they complain.

[PostmodernProphet]

[B][SIZE=3]The top ten POOREST states are all RED states: MS, WV, AL, LA, KY, AR, SC, OK, TN and TX.

since we've proved this claim is bullshit three times already this week why are you posting it again....

[Flash]

Well, you're in a minority there, and by moving to a state like Texas, flipped your tax burden on the states you came from since those states have to pick up the tab of states like Texas, who get more in spending than they contribute in revenue most years because wages are too low there for people to pay their tax bill.

Oh, and we had to bail out Texas in 2015 because the price of oil cratered thanks to OPEC production increases.

Texas has a dependency score of 13.5 of 100. It is number #38 of all states for federal dependency.

Which State Budgets Rely on the Most Federal Aid | MoneyGeek.com

[PostmodernProphet]

The number of MAGA Morons.

and yet the crimes in question are still happening in blue cities.....

[martin]

It's not a reading, it's a question.

Anyone who answers a question with a question is hiding something. What are you hiding, Martin?

Lemme guess; you wanted to make a snarky post about fat-assed rednecks, but most of those "rednecks" aren't white. LOL

Let's drop the political agenda bullshit and point out the real problem: it's cheaper in America to eat fatty, sugar-laden foods than healthy foods. Why? Because fat and sugar are by-products of healthier foods. Ergo, the US is one of the few nations of the world where our poor are fat and our rich are less fat.

Example: There's nice, lean steaks for $10/lb and then there's fatty hamburger for $3/lb.

Hamburger being anything that's not lean steak. LOL

You couldn’t tell in two sentences and a link that I answered it with an answer.

[Flash]

Yeah, but you have to live in Texas.

For most people, that's a non-starter.

Good point. Texas won't let you shit in the street.

It is not a non-starter for those 60,000 Californians who follow their high tech jobs to Texas every year.

[cawacko]

Texas has a dependency score of 13.5 of 100. It is number #38 of all states for federal dependency.

Which State Budgets Rely on the Most Federal Aid | MoneyGeek.com

This is really neither here nor there but it's interesting that they try and label every state blue or red as if no purple states in this country exist. (Thinking of Arizona that voted for Biden and has two Democratic Senators but is considered Red. And Georgia that voted for Biden and has two Democratic Senators and is considered Red.)

[Doc Dutch]

They aren't leaving high cost areas...they're leaving LOW COST areas because they're pathetic and garbage

That attitude defines you, LV. It's another reason why, IMO, you are just a LW version of a Trumper.

[Doc Dutch]

You couldn’t tell in two sentences and a link that I answered it with an answer.

Maybe I'm just stupid and you shouldn't waste your time on me.

[Doc Dutch]

We hear regularly from the JPP liberals that the rich are oppressing the poor working class. How can that be any less true in blue than red states.

Those same posters tell us how we should increase taxes on the rich and redistribute that money to help the lower income.

Yet, when we tax the blue states higher and redistribute it to the red states they complain.

Exactly. It's a non sequitur. Some want to have it both ways and reality doesn't work that way.

[martin]

This is really neither here nor there but it's interesting that they try and label every state blue or red as if no purple states in this country exist. (Thinking of Arizona that voted for Biden and has two Democratic Senators but is considered Red. And Georgia that voted for Biden and has two Democratic Senators and is considered Red.)

Arizona is considered light blue, Georgia was considered red but is no longer.