California has 6th fastest growing economy 2015-16 (wages, how much, visas)

[PCALMike]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, a Far Left, BIASED RAG. Look at the politics of the senior management of Google, Yahoo, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon (Bezos again), Apple, Comcast, Disney, etc. All are far left, Democrat donating, and supporting. They are insulated due to their overwhelming wealth, so don't care about oppressive policies that affect the masses. They want more division, dependency, and control in the hands of the few, which happen to be them, their cronies, and the politicians they use.

Thats not "far left". Thats simply corrupt elites diverting people's attention instead of focusing on the real issues of a rigged economy held up by a corrupt system of campaign finance.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

It is not ignored. It is a well known fact that many of the worlds richest people are Democrats. They openly support the Dem agenda for healthcare, education etc and are willing to pay more in taxes to support those ideas. Warren Buffet says the tax system is ridiculous because he is a billionaire and pays less income taxes than his secretary.

What exactly is your point?

His secretary doesn’t pay nearly as much as him in taxes.

I’d bet he probably pays over $20 million each year in Federal taxes? Do you honestly believe his secretary pays anything approaching $1 million?

Do you find it interesting that he continually battles the IRS over taxes if he really believes he should pay more? Gullible much?

Originally Posted by James Bond 007

Obviously they're measuring inequality in different ways.

Your own link shows Wyoming, North Dakota and Texas as the top 3 unequal states. All 3 red states.

What table are you looking at? Table 2, which has the ratio between the top 1% and everyone else, does not have any of those states in the top 5.

Originally Posted by PCALMike

I have done that several times. What Bezos is doing is an utter disgrace. You need to pick this fight with Wall Street Democrats. Not progressives.

Show me a single quote of you calling out Bezos.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

It is not ignored. It is a well known fact that many of the worlds richest people are Democrats. They openly support the Dem agenda for healthcare, education etc and are willing to pay more in taxes to support those ideas. Warren Buffet says the tax system is ridiculous because he is a billionaire and pays less income taxes than his secretary.

What exactly is your point?

Nothing is keeping those people from writing a check to the treasury/paying more. They want a change in policy that will cause others to pay more.

Warren Buffet doesn't pay less in income taxes than his secretary, he pays a lower rate/percentage of his income than his secretary does.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

His secretary doesn’t pay nearly as much as him in taxes.

I’d bet he probably pays over $20 million each year in Federal taxes? Do you honestly believe his secretary pays anything approaching $1 million?

Do you find it interesting that he continually battles the IRS over taxes if he really believes he should pay more? Gullible much?



What table are you looking at? Table 2, which has the ratio between the top 1% and everyone else, does not have any of those states in the top 5.



Show me a single quote of you calling out Bezos.

^^^^^ Beat me to it by one minute re Warren B. .

[James Bond 007]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

What table are you looking at? Table 2, which has the ratio between the top 1% and everyone else, does not have any of those states in the top 5.

I was looking at Table 1. Perhaps that wasn't the correct one to look at.

A more recent version (by 1 year) of your link is here:
Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county | Economic Policy Institute
Table 1 here appears to be the equivalent of Table 2 in your link. And here, California is #7, just ahead of Texas and below Wyoming and Nevada, among others.

[PCALMike]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Show me a single quote of you calling out Bezos.

here for example:

lol, Jeff Bezos' blog, Washington Post, will of course defend the donor class. Thats how they roll. Most people see right through the propaganda though.

//www.city-data.com/forum/polit...l#post46827887

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by PCALMike

here for example:


//www.city-data.com/forum/polit...l#post46827887

Ok, you did criticize an article he wrote that you didn’t agree with, which,IMO, is quite different than calling out one of the many ultra elite Democrat liberals.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by James Bond 007

I was looking at Table 1. Perhaps that wasn't the correct one to look at.

A more recent version (by 1 year) of your link is here:
Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county | Economic Policy Institute
Table 1 here appears to be the equivalent of Table 2 in your link. And here, California is #7, just ahead of Texas and below Wyoming and Nevada, among others.

That’s income growth not the inequality ratio.

The inequality rate is Table 2.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

It's not 2016 anymore:



CA, NY and virtually every blue state lags behind...Mississippi for economic growth.

[James Bond 007]

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As I said in post #1, the data I showed was for a full year. You are showing just one quarter. There is going to be a lot more random noise over a 1-quarter interval than a full-year interval.