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Originally Posted by zortation I always thought Kentucky was the poorest.
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Originally Posted by Minethatbird
I thought it was Mississipi.
I think it is Mississippi.
But misinformation and stereotypes rule the day. In a financial discussion I mentioned that I am financially independent, and a poster challenged that statement because I live in Mississippi! He honestly thought we all run around barefoot.
I happen to be very familiar with Butler County, Alabama, where the "UN Official" made his "inspection. It is poor, and that's a fact. Most people with moxie and motivation have left, and there will be more to follow. After a few years there is little reason to remain in these forgotten towns
Mississippi has about 8 counties in that category - population has been falling for 50 years or more, and almost no one moves into the Mississippi delta.
Still, those many towns are fascinating to me. Some of them, Like Money, MS, were once the scenes of outrageous acts of racism and violence.
Those towns and counties will never recover. Lost in history, I like to say. Like Timbuktu.
Why didn't they go to Mississippi ? That's our poorest state.
Because Roy Moore isn't running in Mississippi.
The whole thing was a hit job on the GOP. Simple as that. They Don't care one whit about Alabama, Mississippi, or the people in them.
Reading comprehension? Do you understand that different states have extremely different welfare policies? If you don't, read your link, it has a comparison of California and Texas.
LOL. This is so aggressively stupid. People choose to be born to poor uneducated parents in areas with poor services and schools? Yeah, I could live a comfortable middle-class existence, but I’d rather live on this Alabama dirt farm and contract hookworms.
Well, you could live in NYC where you are either raped or robbed every day of the week while surrounded by rats and car jackers.
The UN has bulletproof vests. Strap them on and take a gander at violent poverty.
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