This site has these sorts of stats for each state.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, this is the usual argument.

    The whole point of a federal government is so that states don’t have the ability to rob people of their labor, but since Democrats don’t do their job when they have power, there are tens of millions of Americans who are.

    And I’m not willing to make excuses for them.

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      7 months ago

      Lol they literally do the job when they have power… The states prove that. Whatever dummy, bye

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        7 months ago

        So why do we have thousands of people living on the streets in my state that’s been solidly blue for over 40 years? Take your blinders off already because you are engaging in the same behavior as MAGA supporters: blind allegiance.

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          7 months ago

          We have out of control housing costs. Nothing, including this, will be solved with divided federal govt (one party currently controlled by deranged, fascist cult). Those homeless know they’re safer in certain areas, and many more are literally shipped there by R’s (that’s their “solution” by the way).

          There will always be problems to fix, but at least I can count on D’s to be mostly reasonable and rational, and do their fucking jobs and solve the problems (eventually, even with massive R obstruction).

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            7 months ago

            So costs are out of control, but wages are at an appropriate level? That doesn’t really make much sense logically. The actual values don’t matter as much as the disparity between the two. If the minimum wage were $100/hr, a house costing $400k wouldn’t be an issue. Similarly, if the minimum wage were $2/hr while homes cost $8k, that also wouldn’t be an issue.

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      7 months ago

      Ah I see. It’s the democrats fault that deep republican states take advantage of their citizens. It was the Dems all along!

      /s. It’s depressing that people actually think this way.

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      7 months ago

      You should consider going back to college. Or just going to college. Or just reading a single book.