I'm going to need my anus rejuvenated after the Midterms the way things are looking. Perhaps killing net neutrality and screwing around with trade agreements will be Trump's and the Replublican's downfall. The Left had no real reasons for people to not vote for Trump and friends until their latest F-ups. If the Left was one tenth as good as running the country as they are in politics or at least luck, we would have colonized the Universe already.
In other breaking news... Hillary won, just like the polls predicted! Oh wait... that's the toilet paper aisle at Costco. Never mind.
Let's do that, let's compare California, Minnesota, New York to Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kansas etc. You guys keep bragging about how great your policies are, turns out every shithole is run by right wingers.
Not this again. The Conservative business people lay the economic foundation first, then people get comfortable and forget the hard work and integrity it took to build it, you guys enter the scene with empty promises while dividing people into various groups. Then you slowly run the economy into the ground through high taxation and regulation after you gain power. Do we really have to go over the cities and countries that have failed economically under Leftist Rule? The longer the Left has power, the more damage they do to "their" community and, interestingly enough, the more entrenched politically the become. As masters of the blame game and attaching political fundraising to business regulation, the Left once entrenched is almost impossible to remove. The is the United States last call to keep Radical Leftist ideology at bay. Should they control our national government, it is inevitable we go, sooner or later, the way of Venezuela. By the way, we are not just talking about economic hardship, we are talking about higher crime rates, more homelessness, and civil unrest. Economic opportunity, where one can through hard work and determination create a better life for their children than what they had as parents. Why do you think so many people want to come to the United States?
Give me a break, Buffett, Soros, Munger are not 'conservative business people'. Inheriting a big chunk, screwing over everyone and then running scams is the conservative business people thing - ask Trump. But again, you ignore the basis if your own conclusion - if conservative business people lay the foundation then why don't these foundations lead to anything good in the red state shit holes but bloom in liberal blue states? Uneducated hicks can't do any gardening?
My perception of greater productivity in the Red States is by observation. The people in the Red States are usually more self-reliant. The can and do fix their own vehicles and equipment. It is not unusual for them to build their own structures. There also tends to be much lower crime rates in Red States versus Blue states. I wonder what the per capita own ownership rates are? Although SAT scores may not impress, these "uneducated hicks" as you call them, could run circles around most "City Slickers" when it comes to practical knowledge. One does not have to know whether millions of farmers died under Lenin's or was it Stalin's orders in order to be productive or to contribute to the nation's wealth. Or do they? By the way, the Red States have less of the inflative effects on prices that high taxes and excessive regulations bring. I suppose Red State economic stats could be more impressive to you numerically, but quality may be the more meaningful metric here. Besides, as was mentioned before, hard word and ethical practices is what got the ball rolling in the first place by following Conversative principles. Later generations and politicians just seem to be riding coattails of prior generations. There was a time when the word of a US business person more consistently could be relied on. This made it easier and less risky to do business, as ultimately, if one has to use the courts to enforce a contract, they will have already lost, in many cases. People were more likely to honor their word because of belief in a higher power, also known as God. The Radical Left has been undermining religion for over a Century. The Left mentality is to believe they are the higher power and they know better than the lessons learned throughout history. Oh don't get me wrong, I do understand the Left has some of their own rules they follow, such as in the of bible of some, Rules for Radicals. The Left relies on the naivety and the impressionability of the young to carry out their disfunctional ideas. Like a cancer of culture and community, it can spread to other unsuspecting victims, especially when the family unit has been weakened through separation or propaganda promoting putting ones own interest above family, community, and God.
Home ownership rates are highest in all the Red states... It's not perception, it is reality Here's how many people own their homes in every state https://www.businessinsider.com/homeownership-rate-state-map-2017-7
You would think that with all the Democratic policies providing money and promoting home ownership for the poor & minorities that the home ownership rate would be much higher in all the shiathome cities run by Democrats.