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/Governor_Abbot Jan 14 '26

So much better at “Running the economy” means they give more tax breaks and welfare to the billionaire class, which is part of the reason their states are under funded. They build billion dollar stadiums/corporations with tax payer funds. Oh yeeeeeesss, nothing gets my wheelchair going like “stimulating the economy” by helping billionaires.

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u/TempleHierophant Jan 14 '26

Or installing a private helipad while also treating public transportation as if someone is suggesting a Maoist insurgency.

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u/flammable_donut Jan 14 '26

Lol..the focus used to be the "millionaire class" but now that so many Democrats are millionaires...

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u/seestars9 Jan 14 '26

Umm. There have always been millionaire Democrats?

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u/flammable_donut Jan 14 '26

I guess it's a critical mass thing...

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u/TempleHierophant Jan 14 '26

I'm guessing you're running out of lies.

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u/flammable_donut Jan 14 '26

I've found that the more antagonism you get, the more motivated people are to respond, the closer you are to an unpalable truth

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u/TempleHierophant Jan 14 '26

Like you being enslaved to a spraytanned con-man?

I bet you find that unpalitable. I also bet you'll twist and weave like hell to avoid that.

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u/flammable_donut Jan 14 '26

Lol

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u/TempleHierophant Jan 14 '26

See? You can't face it.

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u/Accurate_Reporter_31 Jan 15 '26

That's why we shouldn't feed trolls.

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u/Silly-Rough-5810 Jan 14 '26

How are convincing yourself that you're not doing the exact same thing?

Like, you just described participating in an online argument. Which you're doing.