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To: i-node who wrote (832440)1/25/2015 7:34:55 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578106
 
>> And yet the biggest gaps between rich and poor are in southern red states.

You're nuts. Washington DC, California, NY, Washington State. MA, CT.

Meanwhile, states like Arkansas and Alabama are among the top in percentage of income contributed to charity. Hell, Arkansas gives the greatest percentage tips its waitresses of any state, even though we have among the lowest average household income.

There are differences among the states that matter more than just the distribution of wealth.


For a change, you're a little bit right..........DC, MA, CT and NY bring up the bottom but the next 8 are all southern:

List of U.S. states by Gini coefficient

en.wikipedia.org

Arkansas isn't as bad as its southern brethren but its worse than WA state and nothing to brag about.