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Why Is California The Poverty Capital Of America?

That's the only word you need too. Liberalism has ruined California.
 
truthatallcost said:
TRUE: California has the nation?s highest poverty rate, when factoring in cost-of-living | PolitiFact California

Hey, speaking of facts.
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That's interesting, thanks for sharing. Though just a quick scan makes me question the suggestion that "liberalism" is the causal link. The countries just below are Florida (the article states that California and Florida are pretty much even), New York, and Louisiana. That doesn't really support the implied theory.

Anyone got any idea what has caused California to have such a high poverty rate? The article does attribute much of it to housing costs.
 
truthatallcost said:
TRUE: California has the nation?s highest poverty rate, when factoring in cost-of-living | PolitiFact California

Hey, speaking of facts.
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California also has by far the most millionaires, and the most wealth too. So it seems California has a lot of everything, and probably quite a bit in-between as well!

My suspicion is that when you have porous borders with Mexico, you're going to get an influx of the poor and uneducated. Texas also suffers from a somewhat similar situation, in that there's great wealth alongside abject poor, and a porous border. And Texas is far from Liberal.
 
Chomsky said:
California also has by far the most millionaires, and the most wealth too. So it seems California has a lot of everything, and probably quite a bit in-between as well!

My suspicion is that when you have porous borders with Mexico, you're going to get an influx of the poor and uneducated. Texas also suffers from a somewhat similar situation, in that there's great wealth alongside abject poor, and a porous border. And Texas is far from Liberal.
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Texas wasn't stupid enough to declare itself a sanctuary state.
 
Moderate Right said:
One word answer: Liberalism



Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America? - LA Times
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Looking to help poor and low-income residents, California lawmakers recently passed a measure raising the minimum wage from $10 an hour to $15 an hour by 2022 — but a higher minimum wage will do nothing for the 60% of Californians who live in poverty and don’t have jobs. And research indicates that it could cause many who do have jobs to lose them. A Harvard University study found evidence that “higher minimum wages increase overall exit rates for restaurants” in the Bay Area, where more than a dozen cities and counties, including San Francisco, have changed their minimum-wage ordinances in the last five years. “Estimates suggest that a one-dollar increase in the minimum wage leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating),” the report says. These restaurants are a significant source of employment for low-skilled and entry-level workers.
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Way to go CA!
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
That would violate the underlying principle of justice.
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You mean the whole "they are here illegally and have no business being here at all" justice?

F*ck liberals.
 
Cephus said:
You mean the whole "they are here illegally and have no business being here at all" justice?

F*ck liberals.
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We as A nation are duty bound to create a system of law that protects the rights of all people and that “so that the strong should not harm the weak.”
 
Chomsky said:
California also has by far the most millionaires, and the most wealth too. So it seems California has a lot of everything, and probably quite a bit in-between as well!

My suspicion is that when you have porous borders with Mexico, you're going to get an influx of the poor and uneducated. Texas also suffers from a somewhat similar situation, in that there's great wealth alongside abject poor, and a porous border. And Texas is far from Liberal.
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I can not speak for the rest of Texas, but San Antonio is very working class, and I am being generous. probably working poor is more accurate. I suspect the money is kept in the Texas oil cities, and that is not San Antonio.
 
Grand Mal said:
Really.
All the best places in the world to live in are run by liberals.
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Yeah, also it seems like many areas with colleges tend to be more liberal than places that do not.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
We as A nation are duty bound to create a system of law that protects the rights of all people and that “so that the strong should not harm the weak.”
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The illegals have no business being here in the first place. Keep repeating that until it gets through your liberal filter.
 
Grand Mal said:
Really.
All the best places in the world to live in are run by liberals.
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I guess, if your goal is to live in a state with the highest poverty rate.
 
rocket88 said:
Going too far to either side is bad.
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Yup look at the fiscal mess in Kansas, caused by the Righties and there crap economic policies. Enough blame to go around on both sides.
 
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