Some Red State/Blue State Indicia

Btw I'm not entirely kidding when I say migration from blue states to red states widens the differentials.
 
nsacpi said:
I suspect the root cause of the difference is poverty. Straight out poverty.

Of course, low levels of educational attainment contribute to poverty. I know that's a controversial view around here. But I'm gonna keep climbing out on that limb.

The really shocking thang about blue-red divergences is not that they exist. But that they seem to be widening. Across quite a lot of these basic measures of societal health.
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Do they exist though? If it's so good in the blue states why are they leaving?

After watching the way the Biden economy is being constantly manipulated are all the blue states fudging their numbers? I think this is a legitimate argument.
 
nsacpi said:
Btw I'm not entirely kidding when I say migration from blue states to red states widens the differentials.
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if the blue state people are better across the boards and migrating to the red states why is the red/blue state differential getting worse?
 
nsacpi said:
eh...you pretty ignorant about the fact that W Virginia and Kentucky are pretty low as far as African American population shares...as a matter of fact Massachusetts and Maryland (just to pick two states with much higher levels of educational attainment) have a higher proportion of African Americans than W Virginia

so maybe before you suggest to someone that demographics might explain something you might want to you know actually bother to research the numbers

or perhaps ignorance is a more comfortable place to reside
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Picked rural Appalachia- one of the lowest resourced and poorest areas of the nation. Now do Ole Miss, La and Ark and be honest
 
Tapate50 said:
Picked rural Appalachia- one of the lowest resourced and poorest areas of the nation. Now do Ole Miss, La and Ark and be honest
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Eh. My point is that rural appalachia has a lot in common with the deep south and racial composition aint one of them.

What they have in common are certain cultural roots and the attitudes towards violence that come with those roots and low educational attainment. And poverty, which is partially but not entirely due to the lack of education.

The best solution (proven out in many places at many points in time) is to improve the level of education. It won't fix everything but investing in a better educational system, including subsidies for higher education, would help. A lot.
 
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Garmel said:
It can't be due to that we're getting your scrubs. Lotsa white collar people are coming to the south.
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Some parts of the south (like Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh and Nashville and the big urban areas in Texas). Otherwise you are mostly getting people who are retiring or otherwise tapped out.

But my comment on migration widening the differentials was mostly a joke.

The real widening is happening among the populations staying in place. And it is very likely policy related. Policy on matters like healthcare and education.
 
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acesfull86 said:
https://reason.com/2024/02/28/why-is-panera-exempted-from-californias-new-minimum-wage-law/



When fast food restaurants across California have to start paying workers $20 per hour on April 1, one major chain will be exempted from the mandate—and it just so happens to have a connection to a longtime friend and donor to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Panera Bread is poised to get a boost from a bizarre clause in the fast-food minimum wage law that exempts "chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item," Bloomberg reports, adding that "Newsom pushed for that break, according to people familiar with the matter."

That exemption stands to benefit Greg Flynn, owner and CEO of the Flynn Restaurant Group, a conglomerate that operates more than 2,300 restaurants nationally and is the second-largest Panera franchisee in the world, according to the company's website. Flynn and Newsom go way back: Bloomberg reports that the two attended the same high school at the same time—Flynn was student body president during Newsom's freshman year—and the restauranteur has donated to Newsom's gubernatorial campaigns and bragged to colleagues about his close relationship with the governor.
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What is confusing?

Places that make bread simply do not need to pay a living wage
 
sturg33 said:
What is confusing?

Places that make bread simply do not need to pay a living wage
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Of course.

Only bread that excludes bagels and croissants.

Those bread makers must pay their people minimum wage.

How fortunate for Panera. I'm sure 57 is outraged. We can get a Palmer TV report any min now
 
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