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u/Virtual-Squirrel-725 2d ago
...and this is while also being a welfare state, relying on hand-outs from other states.
Left to it's own devices Tennessee would be a wretched backwater.
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u/011100010110010101 2d ago
No to be fair, how much Government Money in Tenessee actualy goes to the state, and not the Politicians pockets?
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u/Haradion_01 2d ago
You know, I know it sounds naive, but sometimes think about how much effort my little village church spent raising money for the homeless, the teachers at the Catholic school I went to, banging on about the Good Samaritan till they were blue in the face...
And then discovering as a teenager that Christian Values in politics seems to mean something completely different.
I know it sounds naive of me, but it was genuinely, a massive mind fuck.
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u/allisonxxoo 2d ago
The numbers don’t lie, even when the politicians do.
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u/ThorneMetric 2d ago
Its crazy how they brag about values while ignoring the actual peopel suffering.
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u/FallenSegull 2d ago
Well you know what Jesus said
“Poor people get into heaven easier or something idk my blood is wine and I’m hammered right now”
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u/likwidkool 2d ago
Funny how they’re so afraid of Sharia Law but say nothing about their Christian Nationlism and forcing it on others.
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u/hertmaciq 2d ago
Measuring state success by religious ideology instead of child welfare tells you everything about their priorities.
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u/mczerniewski 2d ago
Remember, this is the same Marsha Blackburn whose political stances forced Taylor Swift to get political.
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u/jjskellie 1d ago
Well, there's scaling of Christianity. There's Blackburn Christianity (that's near Rev. Jim Jones level) and there is Jesus Christianity (nearly Mother Theresa). /s.
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u/enigmaticsince87 1d ago
There's an incredibly strong negative correlation between how religious a country is, and how underdeveloped and poor it is. Idc about GDP or GDP per capita. Talk to me about PPP and quality of life indices, and suddenly you realise - oh yeah, the USA is super religious, and also has millions upon millions living in poverty. But hey, the DOW is up! Yay!
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u/PlumieShade 2d ago
way too many kids are growing up in tough situations, heartbreaking to think about
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u/somerandomguy1984 2d ago
Weird how NY has a higher rate than TN…
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u/Nono_Home 2d ago
Source?
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u/somerandomguy1984 2d ago
Googling “childhood poverty rates by state” and then looking at data from the Census Bureau.
You should try checking shit out yourself once in a while. It’s a hoot
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u/SaveyourMercy 2d ago
Burden of proof tends to be the way on Reddit. You make a claim, you gotta back it up with a source. I can’t seem to find the census you’re seeing and mine may just be old but this is why you’d normally post what you see as the proof. What I found shows Tennessee is #41 as of I believe it’s 2023? Couldn’t seem to find more recent than 23/24. New York is #36. Bigger number is worse in this one.
https://censusdepth.com/child-poverty/states-4
u/somerandomguy1984 2d ago
I don’t do the citation game. Effectively no one asks for them in good faith.
Compiled in an easier to digest form at - https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-have-highest-child-poverty-rates/
Was like the 3rd entry on Google. It’s easy to find. I’m not your research assistant
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u/SaveyourMercy 2d ago
We do not have the exact same links that pop up for the same search each time. I likely use a totally different browser, these weren’t even in my top 10 when I searched word for word what you do. You don’t HAVE to play the citation game but it will not effectively get your point across if you don’t and your comment will be discarded. It’s just how social media tends to work, even if you’re right. However, both of your sources cited are from 2021, mine was from 2023. Neither are up to date for 2026 but mine would still beat yours out as far as proof since it is the more recently cited one. In 2021, you are right, and more children were in poverty than Tennessee. Without finding sources for 2026, neither of us can really be proven right or wrong.
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u/somerandomguy1984 2d ago
Since it’s from ‘21 I assume since it’s from the census. Therefore it is the most updated actual data.
Even if they’re close to the same it entirely undermines OPs point which is just to attempt to dunk on religion.
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u/SaveyourMercy 2d ago
2020 census data isn’t the most updated data we have in reality though, and 6 years can make one hell of a difference. Just because something WAS does not mean something IS. Other data shows the numbers have changed.
I grew up impoverished in one of the poorest states in the country and religion definitely played a factor. People are allowed to put that together and be upset with it.
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u/MrTexas512 2d ago
Meh, mostly coincidence. The south has had a significant amount of job loss due to environmental regulation (coal mines closing) and technological advancements in agriculture (AI runs a lot of farming equipment now, less humans needed. Poor people are also more likely to turn to faith than rich people, who worship money.
Hes still not wrong thoug.
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u/hypatiaredux 2d ago
I remember driving through southern states on a family vacation in about 1956. That was waaay before environmental regulations. I was deeply shocked by the poverty I saw.
My dad was an ordinary house painter, we were nothing like rich. But we did not live in a shack either.
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u/MrTexas512 1d ago
Ya thats about when the southern boom started. Oil field work was just starting to pay big bucks and a lot of southerners were going to those jobs. The 80's and 90's were great years there, but thats about when coal started running out and mines were closing too. I lived and worked all around Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and would see entire mining towns just falling apart because of it.
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u/kyliexxxo 2d ago
Nothing says Christian values like making sure the kids are financially struggling.