The top ten POOREST states are all RED states: MS, WV, AL, LA, KY, AR, SC, OK, TN, TX

[Dutch Uncle]

Republican policies are becoming more radical and extreme.
My solution to poverty would be more opportunity and jobs, not handouts.
My solution to crime would be more police.

Kinda off-topic but we're seeing a lot of applications for military drones on the battlefield. Why couldn't we have police drones that could fly to a place where a crime or major accident has occurred and give the police a view of what's going on before they get there. They maybe could even be programmed to follow a car that's running from the police.
Just have a drone in every police car and have the police car take a photo of the car and download it to the drone and send the drone after the running car to track it. You could also have drones that can deploy pepper spray during a riot or uprising.

Why would state citizens keep voting for state officials holding them down?

Agreed on opportunity and jobs versus handouts. It's the "teach a man to fish" theory.

More police in some cases, but looking at what causes crime is more precise, IMO. Consider the link and map below of US murders by county. It's not rocket science to see where murders are happening. The tougher question is "Why?"

Drone rules are changing. Uncle Sam, especially the FAA, are slow to catch up to tech, but they are catching up. Drones are cheaper than helicopters and drone pilots are easier and cheaper to train the helicopter pilots.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-murders-concentrated-in-5-percent-of-counties

The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) said in a new report that there is a “geographical concentration” of murders, with 68 percent of killings occurring in just 5 percent of the nation’s counties. The homicides also tend to be concentrated to relatively small pockets of those counties, the report said.

“It is stunning how concentrated murders are in the U.S.,” John Lott, president of the CPRC said to Fox News. “And we show that even within these counties, with all these high rates, murders are very concentrated.”

https://www.dronefly.com/police-drone-infographic

 

[LV426]

Why is it the Republicans fault that New Yorkers or Los Angelinos are in poverty?

It's not and I've never said it was, so can we stay on topic or can you not control yourself?

 

[Flash]

It's like everyone is trying to create a narrative to fit their partisan position (although there's no denying the role political parties and their policies play).

There's a reason places like Las Vegas, Texas, Florida, Nashville etc. are seeing such growth and its because of job opportunities and more affordable cost of living than on the coasts. (although prices in those areas are starting to rise significantly)

Speaking about black people specifically there's the obvious connection to the South but it's also the cost of living and opportunities that are the reason many people are returning.

Very true, but blacks living in blue states are still near the bottom in those states. Political policies did not seem to help their relative position.

 

[LV426]

Very true, but blacks living in blue states are still near the bottom in those states. Political policies did not seem to help their relative position.

Watching Flash discover institutional racism exists has got to be my most favorite JPP moment ever.

 

[Noking]

MAGA M(or)an's attempt at Damage Control is failing miserably.

He's quite the piece of work.

 

[LV426]

Very true, but blacks living in blue states are still near the bottom in those states. Political policies did not seem to help their relative position.

Ah...so now you're starting to understand institutional racism!!!

Well, at least you got there eventually...only took you about a decade to catch up.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Cost of living has to do with opportunity and growth potential, so having a low cost of living isn't a good thing because it means no one wants to live there.

The cost of living in Atlanta in 2013 was about 50% below what the cost of living in Atlanta is in 2022, and that's if you're just looking at home prices.

That's because between 2013 and 2022, Atlanta created opportunity because of the film and TV industry who were lured here with tax credits.

Disagreed. I moved to Texas, compared to Illinois and New York/contiguous states, precisely because of a lower cost of living. What buys a cracker box house in California buys an very nice house in Texas. Taxes are much lower too.

The problem with growth is that my house value has more than doubled in 20 years along with my real estate taxes. I don't want more growth, but have no control over it. All I can control is where I move next.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

It's not and I've never said it was, so can we stay on topic or can you not control yourself?

You did but I can see you are running and I won't chase you down that rabbit hole.

 

[cawacko]

Very true, but blacks living in blue states are still near the bottom in those states. Political policies did not seem to help their relative position.

We see it in California where big cities (areas) like SF/Silicon Valley and LA which have the most and highest paying jobs are losing black residents because they are getting priced out. Some are moving inland and others are leaving the state. But policies making the state so expensive to live aren't helping them.

 

[LV426]

Disagreed. I moved to Texas, compared to Illinois and New York/contiguous states, precisely because of a lower cost of living.

Well, you're in a minority there, and by moving to a state like Texas, flipped your tax burden on the states you came from since those states have to pick up the tab of states like Texas, who get more in spending than they contribute in revenue most years because wages are too low there for people to pay their tax bill.

Oh, and we had to bail out Texas in 2015 because the price of oil cratered thanks to OPEC production increases.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Why are all those powerful rich people in the blue states oppressing the poor minorities in the red states?

They aren't which is why it's bullshit to claim the Republicans are doing the same to the poor in blue states.

 

[LV426]

What buys a cracker box house in California buys an very nice house in Texas. Taxes are much lower too.

Yeah, but you have to live in Texas.

For most people, that's a non-starter.

 

[LV426]

he problem with growth is that my house value has more than doubled in 20 years along with my real estate taxes.

Well my house value doubled in just 6 years in Atlanta.

So maybe you made the wrong move.

 

[LV426]

I don't want more growth

Seriously? Wow...that's...certainly a position.

 

[LV426]

You did but I can see you are running and I won't chase you down that rabbit hole.

Oh I did?

When?

Or is this just you making up shit about me again because you can't debate me without being patronizing or condescending?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

MAGA M(or)an's attempt at Damage Control is failing miserably.

https://media.tenor.co/images/af9bc329794fa6666519d4d02ed76b81/tenor.gif

MAGA Man and I have gone a few rounds but disagreed that he isn't making good points. It's a complex picture.

Actually, Democrat districts tend to be the poorest:

https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-crosses-party-lines/#AL

Looks like your position has been blown up, which is why you are now attempting to deflect.

Cherry picked data to support your uneducated opinion.

What matters is what has happened over the last 50 years, where many of the states controlled by Democrats have diminished in relative population.

https://centerforpolitics.org/cryst...sentation-has-changed-over-the-past-50-years/

 

[LV426]

They aren't which is why it's bullshit to claim the Republicans are doing the same to the poor in blue states.

NO ONE HAS EVER SAID THAT.

This is a figment of your imagination.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Yeah, but you have to live in Texas.

For most people, that's a non-starter.

Exactly my point; I choose to live in Texas so why are you attacking my choice? I gave my reasons for living here, mainly Cost of Living, yet you refuse to admit the validity of those reasons because you are obsessed with pushing your own agenda onto others.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Well my house value doubled in just 6 years in Atlanta.

So maybe you made the wrong move.

Good for you.

Seriously? Wow...that's...certainly a position.

...and like the Trumpers, you want to shut me up for disagreeing.
See how much you have in common with them, Ms. LV?

Oh I did?

When?

Or is this just you making up shit about me again because you can't debate me without being patronizing or condescending?

Disagreed.

NO ONE HAS EVER SAID THAT.

This is a figment of your imagination.

Disagreed.

Speaking of obsessed. LOL

 

[martin]

The top ten POOREST states are all RED states: MS, WV, AL, LA, KY, AR, SC, OK, TN and TX.
The states with the HIGHEST CRIME RATES are also RED states: LA, SC, AR, OK, MO, AL, AK and MS.

And remember all the RepubliQans who voted AGAINST certifying the election and who still haven't said Biden won the election.

Remember that when you go to the voting booth in November.

Haw, haw.............haw

They try to make up for it by being the fattest.