This is the result of liberalism gone wild. No other state should be required to support California by way of taxation.
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Beautiful California has gone from red to deep blue and from rich to poor. In fact, it’s the poorest state in the union. The state is now the poverty capital of America.
The California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments, and other “public welfare” according to Census Bureau.
In an op-ed by Kerry Jackson for the
LA Times, the author reports that California, with 12% of the nation’s population, California also has a disproportionate one in three welfare recipients. The generous spending meant to reduce poverty appears to have increased it, she observes.
Why California Is the Poverty Capital of America! It’s About the $958 Billion
Another hater and jealous.....Poverty rate doesn't mean much otherwise Turkmenistan is better ranked than the US and Germany for example.
Those who are poor in California are wealthy compared to most of the inhabitants of the flyover states.
Stop hating on us, we make most of the stuff you enjoy From shows, movies, technology, food, etc....Go to Church and follow the scripture of not being mean and hateful.
Wow zero evidence for your claims...do you realize how crazy expensive it is to live in California compared to the rest of America you’re clearly prejudice to. I’d rather be blue collar down south, have a 1500 sq ft house on half an acre, than a 800 sq ft apartment in a bad neighborhood, that’s almost twice the cost , with a “better” job in Cali.
California is the 6th biggest economy in the world thanks to Silicon Valley, yet its government is bleeding money, in crazy debt, and poverty is rampant. No wonder you hear so much of the “pay inequality” philosophy over there, because they have created it haha. When someone can move from a place like Texas to Cali, have the same job with the same pay, and take home (to a much more expensive home) 13% less...it’s no wonder why poverty is so rampant. Such a shame too, it is a beautiful state, but I would never live there.
Sure they will idiot you still don't have a clue that more wages don't equal more wealth ..
You can buy a lot of toys just making $12 bucks an hour and low taxes but you wouldn't know that would you and the freedom to boot.
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Looks boring to me. And the chick looks liberal to me lol
Of course it's boring to you, your to busy playing x box in your mom's basement to get out and play.
My hosue doesn't have a basement. And I don't have Xbox.
The more you say to me the more I figure you really out..not a good idea with me when I really start paying attention..
Once again no South California would go swimming at 82 degrees , like I wouldn't here in South Carolina , to cold...I am sure some would , but most of the people who think 82 is warm enough to swim is northerners..
WTF? I have been talking to a retard all this time? Shame on me.
When do you plan to grow the **** up?
Did I hurt your feelings snowflake?
Snowflakes are those who want to ban a book because it says bad things about them.
Ban what book?
What the left doesn't tell you is this, and you can check it with any economist-------------->
Wealth is NOT what you make, but what you can KEEP!
EXAMPLE-------------------> Who ends up wealthier and lives better, a person who makes 1 million a year and has to pay 975,000 a year for bread and milk, or a person who makes 60,000 a year and pays 2000 for bread and milk? Exaggeration for sure, but is exactly the problem with California.
And the stupidity of California is-------->their own rules cause their state government to have to put out massive amounts of taxpayer money to the poor. Their rules also cause people to be much wealthier to be able to live there, if they decide to.
What you are actually seeing in California, is the very 1st state to conform to a socialistic outcome. The middle class is exiting because they can't afford it, and all that is left is the very rich, and the very poor.
How do we know this?
If today, a middle class person wanted to move to California, what would it cost to have a middle class existence? A home in a decent (not rich) area, a car, and have a wife and 2 children?
ANSWER---------> Far more than virtually most every other state! So then you say...........California must be full of rich people, no poor! No, that is wrong. California is almost as full of extremely poor people because of their liberal, give away policies. So in essence, the only people who can afford it are the very rich, or the very poor on the dole. This is why you see the pictures and statistics you do.................poor people living on the streets, and the very rich in their mansions.
It is also why the state of California is one of the leaders in attempting to push up the federal, minimum, wage. They are trying to get the government to MANDATE a higher wage, so as to create an incentive for poor people to get off the dole and get a job, to increase their tax base. Problem is---------->15, 16, or 20 bucks an hr won't do it! California is to expensive! And so, they have created a self fulfilling prophecy, haven't they!
Now I have a theoretical question----------->
For 3 months, every illegal alien is removed from California, and sent back to the country from which they came. What would happen to the labor market there? How much would Americans be paid to fill those jobs? And if/when we came up short in labor, we ask the amount we needed if they want to come back to fill those positions.
You see, California is a microcosm of the problems of this country; much more acute, yes, but a microcosm, just the same. Remember the oil boom in North Dakota? How much were they paying Mcdonalds and Wal-Mart workers there during that massive expansion? Look it up!
That is how you grow wages, by demand for your labor; NOT by government mandate, and not by allowing illegal people in until needed, that undercut the value of YOUR LABOR!