Most of US economic growth is in Red States

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ABC reported that almost all the strong economic growth in the country is happening in the Red states, proving to them that warm weather causes economic growth. 

At least that is the explanation that they are going with. 

That, and Democratic mayors in Red states are attracting young liberal workers. So Texas is going gangbusters because people like hot weather and Democrats.

No, I am not kidding. They don't even mention that Republicans run the states. They are Red states because Trump won. Republican governors and legislators apparently are irrelevant. 

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Nearly every week, a fresh round of strong economic data elicits a celebratory statement from the Biden administration. Most of the best-performing states, however, voted in favor of former President Donald Trump, a new ABC News analysis found.

An examination of key economic measures -- including job and income growth -- found an overwhelming majority of red states among 18 top performers.

The disparity between red and blue states has little to do with anything Biden has done, experts interviewed by ABC News said, noting that federal policy typically holds minimal influence over state-by-state economic trends.

Instead, they added, the dynamic owes in large part to the appeal of warm weather states for workers and businesses, as well as the combination of company-friendly state policies and Democrat-leaning cities that attract young, educated workers.

You have GOT to be kidding me. Democrat mayors are driving economic growth. 

You do have to hand it to the MSM; they can look you in the eye and tell you the most absurd things and keep a straight face. Lying without shame is a skill, if not one that most of us would want to be taught to our children. 

"The climates are better in red states, and Americans like good climates," Mark Partridge, a professor of economics at Ohio State University, told ABC News.

Apparently the people who built New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Saint Louis, and all the major industrial cities that used to dominate our economy were unaware of the benefits of warmer weather, or they would have built their industries in Memphis, Atlanta, and Dallas a century ago. 

The preference for lower taxes and warmer weather began in the 21st century. Specifically during Biden's presidency, in fact. 

ABC managed to find a panel of "experts" who claimed that the real reason Red states were doing well was because young, educated liberals loved to live in their Democrat-run cities. It was the brilliant policies of Democrats who were driving the economic growth, although they did admit that business-friendly state policies may have had something to do with it. Who created those policies? 

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 Honestly, they don't mention that the policies are Republican, and the Blue states are stagnating because they don't have business-friendly policies. 

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The main reason that blue states are falling behind is their government's greed.  The blue states tend to have higher taxes and more government regulations that stifle growth.  I do prefer the climate in Texas to that of New York, but you can't blame the slowdown in California on the climate there.  California was a prosperous state when Reagan was governor and it was after they started electing Democrats that the economy got worse and people started leaving the state.