Comments by "Mr. James" (@MrJames1471) on "Top 10 States Dragging the U.S. Down With Poverty" video.

"especially the southern states, are viewed by many foreigners as highly romantic" You serious?
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We'll see...
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If you adjust California's poverty rate relative to it's cost of living, it's actually higher than Mississippi Seriously, Census data from 2022, indicates that when looking at the Supplemental Poverty Measure, California is the state with the highest poverty rate. The Supplemental Poverty Measure takes into account cash resources, noncash benefits, and the cost of living when looking at the poverty rate. Meanwhile, the original poverty rate has a set dollar amount which measures poverty, no matter the state (even if the cost of living changes).
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Yeah, the South could really lean into those trade jobs. I think the best thing we can do is to help make post-secondary education affordable, but don't make it a requirement in order to make a good living. At the end of the day, a degree is a piece of paper. And a piece of paper in itself doesn't measure one's capability of doing a job. Thankfully, more states seem to be realizing this.
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Depends on the context. California's K-12 system is actually one of the lower rated ones in the entire nation. Much of that stemming from low educational performance and overcrowding (especially in the urban areas). This is not for lack of spending, as California is generally ranked either in the middle of the pack or the the upper tier in this category. Rather, it seems that a great deal of the problem is due to improper allocation of said funds.
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@iabdgogogo1234letsgo That is a concern regarding student loan "forgiveness", regarding the use of taxpayer funding to pay off the loans willingly taken out by individual persons. However, perhaps look at the situation from a wider angle. Suppose, that these loans are forgiven. That translates to hundreds of billions of dollars that would've of otherwise been used to pay of debt, going to something else. Which, especially in this day in age, may result in an increase in spending. This sounds good on its face, until you consider that an increase in spending is exactly what we're trying to avoid right now. The Federal Reserve has and seems inclined to continue hiking interest rates in order to cut down on consumer spending, as one of the methods to tame inflation. The conventical thinking being that consumers will avoid buying and borrowing if they have to pay a higher interest rate on these items. Progress had been made thus far, but forgiving student loans stands a fair chance of obstructing this very aim of getting our economic situation under control. Furthermore, forgiving student loans does not address the root cause. As aforementioned, much of these loans are due to predatory lending practices that were facilitated by our own government. Now, we are to suddenly look to this same institution to fix this problem? Curious, is it not? Nevertheless, all forgiving these loans would do is help lower the burden for the current recipients. It does nothing to actually reform the system, so that we don't end up back at this point in the future. In effect, it is a billion dollar kicking of the can down the road.
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Texas already doesn't vote for Dems. And they still have all the aforementioned issues. Even if the immigration issue were resolved tomorrow, that doesn't do much about the other problems... New York just needs to vote for different and fresh ideas. Because what's going on right now, simply isn't cutting it. People are probably leaving West Virginia because of the lack of opportunities, as opposed to being forced out the state...
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