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No, you don't believe that. I think you need to look all the things that states do to promote all sorts of outcomes. It is more than providing education.
This is the problem with southern states lack of investment in their own citizens. This increases poverty and hurts the state.
You have to have capital to make that investment. When the capital isn't there, in an impoverished state, then it isn't a case of choosing not to make the investment.
This is a great article from NPR talking about poverty in America but what really struck me was the map of where poverty is located. Republican states, especially southern states, are just the worst in the country when it comes to providing a decent living for their citizens yet Republicans always try to pretend their policies result in less poverty. Why is it Republican dominated states are such poverty ridden crapholes?
I found it amusing that on the link the articles on poverty showing were NOT in southern states:
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An Oakland, Calif., nonprofit group encourages low-income families to figure out for themselves what they need to get ahead
A nonprofit that helps low-income families in Eugene, Ore., recycles mattresses to help bring in money.
Poverty among single mothers is an astounding 66 percent in Reading, Pa.,
Tens of millions of Americans are still struggling, despite the slow economic recovery. In Reading, Pa., the nation's poorest city, local nonprofit Opportunity House provides a lifeline for families trying to stay afloat by offering day care, housing and other assistance
CA is not the south and they have a growing problem of poverty.
The South has always been poor since the Civil War days.
California has it's own problems, but its official poverty rate is lower than Texas. I know there was a new measure of poverty that the government introduced, but understand that is not the official poverty of a state.
The south's poverty is a direct result of their less productive lower educated citizens. This has to change if the south is to lower its poverty rate.
The south and so does the US federal government need to invest in it's citizens. This is the way a nation or state improves itself.
You have to have capital to make that investment. When the capital isn't there, in an impoverished state, then it isn't a case of choosing not to make the investment.
Well, that is true to an extent, but those investments have to made. You lobby the federal government. You form partnerships with business and private citizens. You increase taxes, you find the revenue to get it done. You sell government bonds.
Well, that is true to an extent, but those investments have to made. You lobby the federal government. You form partnerships with business and private citizens. You increase taxes, you find the revenue to get it done. You sell government bonds.
You raise taxes on an already impoverished populace?
You form partnerships with businesses and private citizens who are already the poorest in the nation?
You sell government bonds? To whom? Do you know why some of these states are considered poor investments? It's not because they aren't managed well. Many have lower debt-loads and better cash flow than the majority of states, but they still don't get the good credit ratings. Poverty is a downward spiral, where you pay more to do less. And that is especially true of the kind of investments you are talking about.
This is a great article from NPR talking about poverty in America but what really struck me was the map of where poverty is located. Republican states, especially southern states, are just the worst in the country when it comes to providing a decent living for their citizens yet Republicans always try to pretend their policies result in less poverty. Why is it Republican dominated states are such poverty ridden crapholes?
No, you don't believe that. I think you need to look all the things that states do to promote all sorts of outcomes. It is more than providing education.
This is the problem with southern states lack of investment in their own citizens. This increases poverty and hurts the state.
Please clarify investment in their own citizens. What does that mean? And how is the south not doing it?
This is a great article from NPR talking about poverty in America but what really struck me was the map of where poverty is located. Republican states, especially southern states, are just the worst in the country when it comes to providing a decent living for their citizens yet Republicans always try to pretend their policies result in less poverty. Why is it Republican dominated states are such poverty ridden crapholes?
This would also be a good time to review that southern / red states also use a lot of government benefits relative to what they pay in - it's certainly not just liberal states.
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