Today we went through a great op-ed that we saw in the L.A. Times by Kerry Jackson called "Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?"
Here's a little bit of the beginning of the piece:
"Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That's according to the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.
Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it's worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state's per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%)..."
Click here to continue reading the full op-ed at the Los Angeles Times. Below you can listen to the segment where we discussed the piece today: