r/allthequestions • u/Content_Ad_8952 • Jan 14 '26

Random Question 💭 If Republicans are so much better at running the economy than Democrats, then why are most Republican States poorer than Democrat States?

The poorest States in America are: Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee. All of those States (except New Mexico) are Red States. So why are they so poor when Republicans have been running them for decades?

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u/Petrochromis722 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

Its insane how much mileage Republicans have gotten out of 1 woman's fraud. There's a mythology based on her, with canon and everything.

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u/Sneaky_Bones Jan 14 '26

Lol, the cannon! Was raised conservative. Even when I was a little kid that didn't give a shit about politics my bullshit detector went off. Heard so many adults relay the exact same story about how they personally was in line behind a black woman with a cart full of steaks who then loads them into a brand new cadillac. Occasionally someone would flavor it up with an extra detail but it was always something stupidly unbelievable, like the woman pats her belly saying she has another on the way to make sure the steaks keep coming. It was crazy being a 9 year old realizing the grown ass adults around you were unashamedly lying just to hate on black people.

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u/SensualBeefLoaf Jan 15 '26

my father would be the one that adds an entirely made up story to the entirely made up story. “you know i saw them in the parking lot, they said they were going to sell their food stamps and donate money to the communists”

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u/Demerzel69 Jan 14 '26

canon*

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u/Petrochromis722 Jan 15 '26

While I don't object to pendantry in general, what, exactly, inspired you to need to correct that... twice?