It’s looks poor because there are some very poor people living there because they are the descendants of slaves and share croppers who are still suffering as a result of that.
However if you have look at average incomes and state revenue which represents the resources available, which was the what I was responding to.
Whether they chose to use those resources is a different question.
Also even looking at something like average or median personal income, Louisiana ranks in or near the top 20 counties in the world.
What you’re seeing is that America has a terrible safety net so the floor is much lower than most of Europe.
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It’s looks poor because there are some very poor people living there because they are the descendants of slaves and share croppers who are still suffering as a result of that.
However if you have look at average incomes and state revenue which represents the resources available, which was the what I was responding to.
Whether they chose to use those resources is a different question.
Also even looking at something like average or median personal income, Louisiana ranks in or near the top 20 counties in the world.
What you’re seeing is that America has a terrible safety net so the floor is much lower than most of Europe.