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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by 0xDEAFBEAD on Thursday December 05, 2024 @03:42AM (#42326215)
Things are not bad in Mississippi: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-great-to-live-in-t...
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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by analog31 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @05:37PM (#42333634)
Indeed, this is exactly what I'm talking about, an article cherry picking one number. I haven't been to Mississippi, but I've been to other areas of deep poverty in the US. I don't think there are regions of France with poverty like that.

Are we measuring the right thing?

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