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Post by Joe Cocker on Nov 17, 2012 1:08:50 GMT -5
California leads in poverty rankings. The Golden State has reached a poverty rate that is now twice as bad as West Virginia’s and substantially worse than the rates of poverty in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas, according to a new measure of poverty developed by the federal Census Bureau. Democrat-run California earned its last-place rank under the federal government’s new measure of poverty, which incorporates more detailed analyses of welfare payments and the local costs of food, gasoline and housing. (View the new census data report) The state’s costs are boosted by its environmental and workplace regulations, and by 38 million residents’ competition for housing close to the sea. dailycaller.com/2012/11/16/golden-state-turns-to-lead-now-leads-poverty-rankings
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Post by Joe Cocker on Nov 18, 2012 1:50:20 GMT -5
Democratic California Gov. Gerry Brown’s office did not release a comment Nov. 15 about the new ranking, but did note that he would be attending a housing conference, the “Greenbuild International Conference and Expo,” in San Francisco Nov. 16.
The new measure, dubbed the “Supplemental Poverty Measure,” revised the California’s poverty rate from 16.3 percent up to 23.5 percent.
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