Conservatives Say California Is A Disaster, But Facts Show The Opposite | DCReport.org
Conservatives say California is a disaster. So why is it thriving? Max Taves explains at DCReport using lots of facts the right conveniently ignores.
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It's been litigated ad nauseum on here that there is some sort of exodus (debunked, it continues to grow in population), its homelessness, crime, and traffic issues (issues related to peak Free Market-capitalism and lack of deregulation) and other BS.
From the article:
You were more likely to get killed in 27 other states than in California, the federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported for 2020. Interestingly, you were far more likely to get killed in Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky than the Golden State. The highest rates were in Louisiana and Mississippi, more than triple the California rate, while the rates in Arkansas and Missouri were more than double the California rate.
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CDC data show that Californians live longer than the residents of all but one state – Hawaii, another state conservatives love to bash. Life expectancy in California is 80.8 years, more than six years longer than in bottom-ranked Mississippi and West Virginia, both beloved of conservatives. Hawaii bests California by about two months of extra life.
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In 2019, California’s economic output per person was $79,000, almost 22% above the national average of $65,000, (Editor’s note: adjusted the data to 2019 dollars.)
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The $156 billion of venture capital invested in California firms in 2021 was a 79% increase over its 2020 haul. And the 2020 sum was a 29% increase over 2019.
Warning: more facts inside.
