Still, I think most people think of the dems as the party of govt as the solution to poverty, and the dems bill themselves that way, and that most reps think opportunity is the best solution to poverty and too much govt destroys opportunity.
So, there is reason to point out that dems solutions to poverty are obviously are not the rights ones. As Cal is a one party state. So, it’s more than just a tool to bash the other party.
Because the rest of the country has lower prices, but even back then I bashed Cal’s formula policy and lack of diverse oil sources for gas prices that are a lot higher than most of the country and add to their record level of poverty…
California’s prices have been higher historically because of their pollution regs. Currently, though, according to the Fresno Bee, it’s oil refinery maintenance. So blame the oil companies.
I was educated in Tennessee (diploma and undergrad Bachelor’s) and Mississippi (Master’s at Mississippi State). Hardly two blue states. So, if my education is the problem, who do you blame now? Me I guess?
“California, typically one of the most prosperous and progressive states, is also one of the poorest.”
" For California, that means another reminder that the state’s poverty rate of 18.2 percent is exceeded only by Washington DC, which has a poverty rate of 18.4 percent when you account for the cost of living. It accounts for about 1 in every six residents."