RE: Anyone notice Blue states tend to me more fiscally responsible?
February 25, 2017 at 10:52 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2017 at 10:55 pm by Opoponax.)
(February 25, 2017 at 2:49 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:(February 25, 2017 at 11:19 am)Opoponax Wrote: This is one of those facts that send the conservative cockroaches scurrying to the insult bag. When presented with the fact that Commie-fornia utterly kicks the shit out of every red state in the union in terms of wealth, suddenly we're communists. When the flood happened last week and the week before, red state rubes were expressing glee over it.
God, I wish secession was a realistic possibility. It isn't, but it's nice to fantasize about California, Oregon, and Washington just bailing the fuck out and leaving that giant swath of red dirt and rocks to its own ignorant devices.
Whether or not California kicks the shit out of every red state depends on how you calculate shit kicking. In 2014 Cali had a GDP of $2.31 trillion. The GDP that year for Texas which is the next largest state by population was $1.65 trillion. So yes Cali's GDP for the year was 40% larger than that of Texas. BUT, at 38.8 million the population of California was almost 44% larger than that of Texas at 26.96 million. Giving us a per capita GDP in Texas of $61,201 vs $59,536 for California. On average the people of Texas are 2.8% more productive than the people of California.
Congratulations on one red state coming up 2/3 of a trillion dollars short of California's economy. And Texas can keep it's fucked up "right to work" status, which is a euphemism for "permission to pay workers an unconscionable wage."
(February 25, 2017 at 2:10 pm)Lek Wrote:(February 25, 2017 at 11:19 am)Opoponax Wrote: This is one of those facts that send the conservative cockroaches scurrying to the insult bag. When presented with the fact that Commie-fornia utterly kicks the shit out of every red state in the union in terms of wealth, suddenly we're communists. When the flood happened last week and the week before, red state rubes were expressing glee over it.
God, I wish secession was a realistic possibility. It isn't, but it's nice to fantasize about California, Oregon, and Washington just bailing the fuck out and leaving that giant swath of red dirt and rocks to its own ignorant devices.
California indeed has a high rate of well off people. It also has one of the highest income gaps between the rich and the poor in the nation; one of he key issues of the Democrat party. The poverty rate in California is the 17th highest in the nation.
The income gap in the blue state of New York is the highest in the nation and the poverty rate is 19th highest.
Additionally, I reviewed the statistics in the OP's reference and fail to see how the statistics show that blue states are more fiscally responsible. What are the statistics that bear this out?
I also just checked and California had the 11th highest unemployment rate in the nation as of December 2016.
California has an enormous economy and does so in spite of the fact that we're a border state that has to worry about English as a Second Language issues, send more to the fed than we receive, and have a large migrant work force. I could go on, but it's like comparing Neil Degrasse Tyson to Mitch McConnel.
