Daily Take: Why are Red State Citizens Poorer, Less Educated, & Sicker than Blue State Citizens?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Republicans worship cheap labor and having a steady and reliable supply of cheap labor requires widespread poverty…
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| 0:30.6 | Why are Red State Citizens Poor or less educated, and sicker than Blue State citizens? |
| 0:37.5 | One of the enduring mysteries of America is why the citizens of Red States are generally |
| 0:42.1 | poorer, less educated, and sicker than the citizens |
| 0:45.8 | of blue states. |
| 0:47.2 | To that question, I step up as your hero font with an answer to this deep mystery that you may not have previously considered. |
| 0:55.0 | First, that generalization is broadly true. |
| 0:58.0 | Blue states account for about 71% of America's GDP, |
| 1:02.0 | whereas red states only produce 29% of our income and wealth. |
| 1:06.0 | The median income in Blue States is $74,243. |
| 1:10.0 | In Red States, it's $63,553. dollars. |
| 1:14.0 | Individual states highlight the disparity. |
| 1:17.0 | New Jersey's median income is $89,703, |
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