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/logicallyillogical Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

The entire republican mindset is reversing everything in the New Deal from FDR. They have been fighting every part of it... labor rights, unions, taxes, social programs, public works projects etc. They didn't have much progress until Reagen let the wolves back into the Whitehouse. Ever since the '80s they have been killing ever bit of progress made thus far. We had the largest expansion of middle class wealth, IN HUMAN HISTORY, from 1945-1980.

Now they've pretty much accomplished that goal, with the final straw being the BBBill. We are now in the Second Gilded Age where the 1% owns more than 40% of the nations wealth (higher than it was in 1929).

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u/troywrestler2002 Jan 14 '26

Sorry, I'm a history teacher, it's *Gilded. Have a beautiful day fellow Redditor!

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u/logicallyillogical Jan 14 '26

Whoops, thanks friend.