America's four largest states - California, Texas, Florida and New York - have a lot in common.
If New York workers must spend twice as much on schools, they should demand real evidence of quality.
California and New York spend more on their anti-poverty initiatives than Texas and Florida by orders of magnitude.
From the end of the last recession in 2010 to 2018, the official poverty rate fell 3 percentage points in California and just 1.3 in New York, while falling 3 points in Texas and 2.8 in Florida.
According to the supplemental poverty rate, which many social scientists prefer because it includes taxes and transfers and better reflects living standards, California is the poorest state in the nation with 18 percent of its population under the poverty line, followed by 16 percent in Florida, and 14 percent in Texas and New York.
New York spends the most per capita of the four states on transportation at $538, according to NASBO, which is above the national average of $476. Florida, Texas, and California all spend below it at $427, $399, and $339, respectively.
On a per-mile of highway basis, Florida and New York both spend a lot, around $241,000 and $215,000, respectively, while California and Texas spend less, about $125,000 and $73,000.
https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/ny-and-ca-spend-billions-more-in-taxes-than-tx-and-fl-and-get-worse-results/
If New York workers must spend twice as much on schools, they should demand real evidence of quality.
California and New York spend more on their anti-poverty initiatives than Texas and Florida by orders of magnitude.
From the end of the last recession in 2010 to 2018, the official poverty rate fell 3 percentage points in California and just 1.3 in New York, while falling 3 points in Texas and 2.8 in Florida.
According to the supplemental poverty rate, which many social scientists prefer because it includes taxes and transfers and better reflects living standards, California is the poorest state in the nation with 18 percent of its population under the poverty line, followed by 16 percent in Florida, and 14 percent in Texas and New York.
New York spends the most per capita of the four states on transportation at $538, according to NASBO, which is above the national average of $476. Florida, Texas, and California all spend below it at $427, $399, and $339, respectively.
On a per-mile of highway basis, Florida and New York both spend a lot, around $241,000 and $215,000, respectively, while California and Texas spend less, about $125,000 and $73,000.
https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/ny-and-ca-spend-billions-more-in-taxes-than-tx-and-fl-and-get-worse-results/
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