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South Carolina Income Levels Still Lag
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Wages generally lag in red states, unless the state has oil or some similar natural resource Republicans prefer their constituents, dumb and poor and their women compliant. They are much easier to manipulate that way. Of the ten lowest household income states in the US 9 are red states.
Mississippi
West Virginia
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Alabama
New Mexico
Missouri
Tennessee
I think SC comes in at 12. This of course correlates very well with education and health. Two things Republicans don’t worry about. But hey, how about those low tax rates!
While income levels do matter to a certain extent, what matters more is whether that income, when compared to the prevailing living costs, allows a person to pay their bills and still have a meaningful amount left to enjoy. So, for starters, when you look at the states with the lowest housing costs, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri are in the top 10 of most recognized lists and West Virginia comes in at #12, followed by Alabama at #14. When you look at the Forbes list of the cheapest states to live in (which looks at all of the major components of household living), seven of the states with the lowest household income are also in the top ten cheapest places to live. So you have to look beyond simply the income component to see the nig picture as to economic well being.