From your Wikipedia link- "Supplemental Poverty Measure takes into account differences in cost of living between states (i.e. housing costs appreciably higher/lower than the national average) as well as taxes and the value of government assistance programs."
This is bogus and you know it. How much does it cost to live comfortably in New York City. I bet you could live like a king in the south on that amount.
From the same link.From your Wikipedia link- "Supplemental Poverty Measure takes into account differences in cost of living between states (i.e. housing costs appreciably higher/lower than the national average) as well as taxes and the value of government assistance programs."
Open the drop down labeled "States".
The last column is the Supplemental Poverty Measure & has California as the highest poverty rate at 23.8%
Some Governors honor their oath & work for their constituents while others end up in prison like Obamas bff Rod Blagojevich for abusing the power in trusted in them to get rich. At last count 4 of Illinois last 7 governors are in prison. I see no link between RTW & corrupt politicians.
...which makes you wonder how a state with such a large economy could have so many financial problems.
Same reasons as how a country with the world's largest economy could have so many financial problems.
Yet on Jan 1, 2015 the cap and trade tax went into effect on gasoline raising the tax on gasoline about a dime a gallon.
That we can agree on.Same reasons as how a country with the world's largest economy could have so many financial problems.
Did you take advantage of that cheap taxpayer tuition for your kids?
You mean the roughly 15k to 25k a year it is to attend a state college. No. My 2 eldest choose professions where they could start work immediately and my youngest is still in high school.
So the part where residents pay roughly a 3k fee and the state picks up the rest is false? I pay $100 a week in state income taxes and $4500 property taxes on a house assessed at 179,000.
Republicans have been trying to get welfare recipients to work for decades & it usually results in allegations of racism. They even passed a welfare to work bill in the early 90's & sent it to Clinton who signed it into law. It worked so well he eventually claimed credit for it. Fast forward to the current president who suspended those very minimum work requirements for welfare recipients & gave them a portion of your health insurance earnings. Walkers doing a lot for the people he works for & if they decide to pass RTW in Wisconsin the voters will see that all the hyperventilating, fear mongering & propaganda put out by our unions was nothing more than lies to demonize Walker & his party, just like we saw here in my state.
False. In state tuition for a UC is $13,300.00.
Roughly the same as U of WI then.
That's too bad. Local 89 could have used the extra leverage.
