Why do conservatives keep saying California has "collapsed"? (user search)
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Question: Do you believe California has collapsed/is on the verge of collapsing?
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Author Topic: Why do conservatives keep saying California has "collapsed"?  (Read 4462 times)
Mr. Illini
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« on: July 17, 2018, 07:26:17 AM »
It's usually because they don't understand that statistics should be on a per capita basis.

Middle of the pack in debt (http://www.mygovcost.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/State-Debt-Per-Capita-large.png)

Middle of the pack in poverty (https://crooksandliars.com/files/vfs/2011/10/states_poverty_income.png)

Low end on property taxes (https://d2dv7hze646xr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/01_PropertyTaxes_JobsGrowth.png)

Middle of the pack on sales taxes (http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/LOST2016-01_1.png)

Middle of the pack on unemployment (https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm)
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Mr. Illini
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2018, 07:28:20 AM »
Quote from: Frodo on July 19, 2018, 09:13:44 AM
I'm not entirely sure what they are referring to either.  If they are talking about the California Republican Party and/or the conservative movement in the state, then it starts making more sense. 

It has become a conventional wisdom on Fox News that California is a place with enormous debt, insane taxes, failing schools, trash-filled streets, violence, etc etc.
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