California leads nation in poverty

[jimnyc]

The liberal nanny state, cuckoo central... and they claim to know how to manage money better and all that crap... but just how do they do when it's liberals across the board in charge?

"throw money" ---- yeah, free college for everyone! That type of attitude and just tossing money and giving away freebies galore, and what happens? Such a shame for such a beautiful state, and for the poor normal people that moved there as a result!
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What's the Matter with California?

This just in from what was once the best state in the Union:

Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.

Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).

The Left's first, last and only instinct is to throw more money at the problem, but California's already done that. and guess what?

It’s not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause. Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits. 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 the Census Bureau. California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation’s welfare recipients.

The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse.

Rest - https://pjmedia.com/trending/whats-matter-california/

[pete311]

And yet California has become the world’s sixth largest economy. Not bad.

[jimnyc]

And yet California has become the world’s sixth largest economy. Not bad.

Tell that to everyone below the poverty level out in Cali. Or do you not care about the poor people suddenly?

[pete311]

Tell that to everyone below the poverty level out in Cali. Or do you not care about the poor people suddenly?

As Blackdiamond loves to state, the economy is at a all time high. Look at the stock market. Unemployment is super low. Looks like we're #winning. You want to focus on the poor? Talk to Trump. What's he doing for CA other than waging a war? Maybe you get a conservative gov. There will still be poor. Then you blame the mayors. Then maybe the mayors become conservative. There will still be poor. Then you blame the alderman... and so on and so on and then no one else to blame you target the poor themselves. Personal responsibility right? Why are you blaming politicians when all you do is preach personal responsibility. It's not the gov fault. Poor people are lazy and worthless.

[Black Diamond]

As Blackdiamond loves to state, the economy is at a all time high. Look at the stock market. Unemployment is super low. Looks like we're #winning. You want to focus on the poor? Talk to Trump. What's he doing for CA other than waging a war? Maybe you get a conservative gov. There will still be poor. Then you blame the mayors. Then maybe the mayors become conservative. There will still be poor. Then you blame the alderman... and so on and so on and then no one else to blame you target the poor themselves. Personal responsibility right? Why are you blaming politicians when all you do is preach personal responsibility. It's not the gov fault. Poor people are lazy and worthless.

Unemployment is also at a all time low and factories are coming back to the US. But yeah let's worry about whether trump called a shithole a shithole. The jobs will be there in spades. Your dream of soviet utopia is on hold.

[jimnyc]

As Blackdiamond loves to state, the economy is at a all time high. Look at the stock market. Unemployment is super low. Looks like we're #winning. You want to focus on the poor? Talk to Trump. What's he doing for CA other than waging a war? Maybe you get a conservative gov. There will still be poor. Then you blame the mayors. Then maybe the mayors become conservative. There will still be poor. Then you blame the alderman... and so on and so on and then no one else to blame you target the poor themselves. Personal responsibility right? Why are you blaming politicians when all you do is preach personal responsibility. It's not the gov fault. Poor people are lazy and worthless.

Yes, even Californians are getting their share of Winning thanks to Trump. But we're talking the state level here, so don't change things up.

And his only wage on war that I have seen in liberal shitholes has been fighting against sanctuary cities, and damn rightfully so.

[Black Diamond]

Maybe Apple will bring Mfg to Cupertino now that corporate tax rate is lower

[GravyBoat]

California also leads the nation in babes, so I think we should cut them some slack.

But seriously, California has the most productive economy of any state in the Union,
they could secede and be far more successful, we need them they don't need us.

Petroleum, mining, avionics, manufacturing, education, tourism, entertainment, high
tech, data processing, insurance, agriculture, shipping, transportation, the list goes on
and on. Everything that California does it does with distinction.

[aboutime]

And yet California has become the world’s sixth largest economy. Not bad.

And yet, California proudly holds the nations best prize of MOST PEOPLE IN POVERTY, because the state...as planned by Democrats like Pelosi, Brown, and Waters...is being run-down into the desperate place it is. Most states in the U.S. controlled by Democrats have the Highest Crime, Poverty, and Welfare participants because...THEY VOTE DEMOCRAT.

[LongTermGuy]

And yet California has become the world’s sixth largest economy. Not bad.

Carson Bruno.... who studies California policy at the conservative Hoover Institution, says there’s a lot missing from the "sixth largest economy claim."



In many respects California's cost of living is much more like a Western European nation than it is like the rest of the U.S. The widely reported global rankings... `ignore` this reality....Hillary was also supposed to win the election according to the Progressives ....

In California, "housing costs more.... electricity and gas cost more and even most goods and services cost more than the national average..

When adjusting for the state’s high cost of living, California’s GDP ranking drops to 11th in the world, according to the California Legislative Analyst’s Office.



California....broke...full of Illegal parasites

[GravyBoat]

Next to AboutTime, California's Napa Valley leads the nation in the production of whine.

[pete311]

California....broke...full of Illegal parasites

What state do you live in and where does it rank? Me thinks no where near 11th in the world.

[Gunny]

And yet California has become the world’s sixth largest economy. Not bad.

Doesn't really matter how large your economy is if it's tanked, does it?

People are leaving California (hopefully NOT for Texas) because of excessive personal taxes. Don't blame them. Again, just don't come here. Move to Haiti. Make THEIR economy 6th largest.

[Black Diamond]

Doesn't really matter how large your economy is if it's tanked, does it?

People are leaving California (hopefully NOT for Texas) because of excessive personal taxes. Don't blame them. Again, just don't come here. Move to Haiti. Make THEIR economy 6th largest.

In n out managers are moving from cal to Texas.

[Gunny]

In n out managers are moving from cal to Texas.

They'll take a pay cut. Burger flippers here make minimum wage (Federal).