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A lot of these states have big problems with gerry-mandering and there tends to be huge wealth disparity between the few small wealth centers in the state and t

A lot of these states have big problems with gerry-mandering and there tends to be huge wealth disparity between the few small wealth centers in the state and the rest of the state is extremely poor. The money just isn't being distributed with any sense of equity.

rayiner 3y ago
Income inequality is at least as big of a problem, if not bigger, in blue states than red states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ.... New York is the most unequal state in the country. I don’t know about gerrymandering. In the most recent Texas house election (Texas being one of the major ACA holdouts) republicans won a 12-point seat margin with a 7-point popular vote margin. The governor, which is elected by statewide popular vote, won by an 11 point margin. In the 2022 Tennessee House elections, meanwhile, republicans won 75% of seats with 70% of the popular vote, which is as lopsided as some heavily skewed states like California and New York. (At a certain point, winning more seats than popular votes isn’t due to gerrymandering but just normal population distribution effects.) I suspect the real issue is that, in red states, the democrats tend to be low propensity and younger voters. In Tennessee, Trump beat Biden by 24 points. But the GOP beat democrats by almost 50 points in the popular vote in the 2022 Tennessee House elections.
- orwin 3y ago
  Income inequality isn't an issue, wealth inequality is. I find it perfectly fine to earn 8 time as much as my artist best friend does as long as we are in a market-based system. What bothers me is that I do not pay enough taxes, and could pay even less by declaring my donations.
  - xyzzyz 3y ago
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    - notacoward 3y ago
      Well yes, since others not paying enough taxes is part of the tax system being unfair, someone who actually cares about fairness would be bothered by it and them personally paying more doesn't fix that. Do you not care about fairness? "You could pay more yourself" has always been more of a snide low-effort attempt to shut down conversation than to engage in it. Please try to do (and be) better.
  - rayiner 3y ago
    I strongly suspect that blue states are even more unequal measured by wealth than by income.

rayiner 3y ago

Income inequality is at least as big of a problem, if not bigger, in blue states than red states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ.... New York is the most unequal state in the country. I don’t know about gerrymandering. In the most recent Texas house election (Texas being one of the major ACA holdouts) republicans won a 12-point seat margin with a 7-point popular vote margin. The governor, which is elected by statewide popular vote, won by an 11 point margin. In the 2022 Tennessee House elections, meanwhile, republicans won 75% of seats with 70% of the popular vote, which is as lopsided as some heavily skewed states like California and New York. (At a certain point, winning more seats than popular votes isn’t due to gerrymandering but just normal population distribution effects.) I suspect the real issue is that, in red states, the democrats tend to be low propensity and younger voters. In Tennessee, Trump beat Biden by 24 points. But the GOP beat democrats by almost 50 points in the popular vote in the 2022 Tennessee House elections.

orwin 3y ago
Income inequality isn't an issue, wealth inequality is. I find it perfectly fine to earn 8 time as much as my artist best friend does as long as we are in a market-based system. What bothers me is that I do not pay enough taxes, and could pay even less by declaring my donations.
- xyzzyz 3y ago
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  - notacoward 3y ago
    Well yes, since others not paying enough taxes is part of the tax system being unfair, someone who actually cares about fairness would be bothered by it and them personally paying more doesn't fix that. Do you not care about fairness? "You could pay more yourself" has always been more of a snide low-effort attempt to shut down conversation than to engage in it. Please try to do (and be) better.
- rayiner 3y ago
  I strongly suspect that blue states are even more unequal measured by wealth than by income.