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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Monday, December 6, 2021

Texas, California, and Inequality

For Wednesday, finish Miller. 


Poverty






The latest data  "Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty. The official poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps)... For consistency with past reports, the income and poverty estimates in the main sections
of this report are based on the concept of money income, which
is pretax and does not include these stimulus payments and tax
credits



Supplemental Poverty Measure "SPM estimates incorporate deductions, such as tax payments, work expenses, and medical costs, ... as well as additions to reflect noncash resource transfers such as housing subsidies and food assistance programs. Thresholds used in the SPM ... are adjusted for geographic differences in the cost of housing."

 ...........................................Texas..........California

Official Rate.........................12.9%...........11.0%

Supplemental Rate................12.5%...........15.4%


Guns in TX



Guns in CA: Miller 237-238


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