There’s a difference between “there exists people there who are poor” and the state and local governments are poor.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-local-tax-col...
Louisiana is 32nd for tax revue per capita.
Then why does the state look so poor? And why do you think their governments will spend money on helping people now?
Louisiana has the highest poverty rate of all the states in the nation, according to the 2023 Census, at 18.9%. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/acsbr...
Louisiana ranks 43rd in per capita personal income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_adjuste...
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