In
other there's no tellin' where the money went news:
What do Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana
have in common? They're RED States with
governors who won't play Obamacare ball and they're in a New Top Ten List … a
Top Ten List of STATES HAVING THE MOST RESIDENTS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
Yea Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana – YOU
WIN THE STATES HAVING THE MOST RESIDENTS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE CONTEST.
Here's the breakdown:
·
Texas 17% of Texans are not living la
vida loca
· Mississippi 22% of Mississippians live below the
poverty line
· Alabama 18% of Alabamanians (or whatever
they're called) live below the poverty line
· Louisiana 17% of Mardi Gras-ers live below the
poverty line. Fat Tuesday, Zwicky thinks
not.
In addition, these states send plenty of tea
bagging, Republicant, flat earthers to Washington, the Neanderthals who
complain and vote against govamint programs designed to help people out of
poverty.
Louisiana is an outstanding example of income
inequality common in these states, the bottom 25% of Louisiana workers bring in
only 4% of the money, while the top 25% bring in 63%. Sounds like Mitt The Romney would be right at
home there.
In Mississippi, a progressive governor was defeated
by Republicant Haley Barbour in 2003. Barbour is often characterized as a
shrewd politician, a shrewd politician who made sure his state stayed the
poorest state in the country.
Barbour's
shrewd governance was followed by a REPUBLICANT LANDSLIDE in 2011 when Republicants
took ALL statewide offices. Ten years of
Republicant shrewdness and what do ya get, POVERTY on a massive scale. Seems like Mississippians are not only broke
... they're SLOW LEARNERS.
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Speaking of income inequality, the CEO of Walmart
makes more than 1000 times what his employees make. CEO incomes are rising three times faster
than the incomes of the people who actually do the work. CEO's got a nice 8% bump last year, bringing their
median pay to almost $10 mil per year.
YOU, on the other hand, if you got anything at all,
were given a measly 2.7% raise. In fact,
median incomes actually FELL in 2011, the last year for which NUMBERS are
available.
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This raises the question: WHO ARE THE TAKERS so
derided by Willard The Romney in last year's presidential race? The CEO's or the WORKERS?
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Speaking
of WHO ARE THE TAKERS, David Stockman, Ex-Reagan Budget Director, says that the
little Bush boy's policies bankrupt the country. Mission Accomplished? Zwicky
wonders …
What
does a Reagan Budget Director know about economics?
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In
other gun news:
The News Herald reports a man was shot
and killed outside an Ashtabula church after Easter services.
A four year old girl was shot and
killed in Miami Saturday; the shooter may have been her six year old brother
who somehow got his hands on the gun.
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SPEAKIN' A MISSISSIPPI
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