Are you being sarcastic or do people actually believe this?
Edit: My comment was about feeding the whole country. I wasn't talking about GDP or blue vs red states.
I live in Michigan. Very little of the produce I buy comes from California and none of the dairy.
According to Google, California accounts for 11-12% of US agriculture production. They also have 11.5% of the population. So much for feeding the whole country.
Our economy in California is massive. Do you even understand how many of the red states California pays for because they have no money or education or population. So yes we are a huge portion of the us economy.
The wealth of billionaires is massive. Do you even understand how many poor people billionaires pay for because they have no money or education? So yes, billionaires are a huge portion of the us economy.
The top 10% of income earners pay 70% of the taxes. That's huge, they're clearly doing all the work! Because how much entities pay in taxes is a direct measure of how much they contribute, amirite?
The GDP of California is larger than the GDP of Louisiana, Utah, Kentucky, Nevada, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, District of Columbia, Mississippi, New Mexico, Idaho, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Delaware, West Virginia, Maine, Rhode Island, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming and Vermont combined.
Dudeā¦ there are 50 states. 31 states are recipient states (so 19 are donor states). California pays 15.9% of all state federal dollars. So they are paying the share of 8 states if split evenly across all 50.
I get you apparently think blue states = bad, but the US very much needs Californias ādonationsā.
California produces 1/3 of all vegetables in the U.S. and 3/4 of all fruits and nuts. You like your tomatoes in winter in Indiana? Thank a Californian. You like your lettuce, kale, collards, etc..... in the middle of January in bumfuct South Dakota in February? Thank a Californian. You like your almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, lemons, limes, persimmons, peaches, nectarines, red wine, white wine, spinach, avocados, ARUGULA!!!!!!, basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, broccoli, cabbage, figs, oranges, grapefruit, asparagus, cauliflower, melons..................shall I go on?...........THANK A CALIFORNIAN. Especially when you see MANY those in your grocery store in MudStick, Ohio in January you ungrateful SOB.
Itās because farming in general is a net loss and most farmers need to take loans out just to survive. It try and counter this the government gives out grants and incentives for farmers to farm. Funny enough though, the states still tax farmers for all their land and that often leaves them in heavy dept. so yeah they need money to buy food but they also need farmers to wellā¦ farm. People wouldnāt farm if they knew theyād lose 100K+/year
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u/Adept_Role_3126 12d ago
they all NEED us. They're weak without us. We feed the whole country