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Its time to talk about Louisiana and Mississippi's biggest problem
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:25 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:25 am
Three states where the majority of babies are born to unwed mothers. Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico.
As I said in the MS education thread - everything that MS is doing in education is going to be worthless if we don't start doing more to keep our best and brightest. When all that is left is the bottom quartile, this is what you get.
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Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:27 am to anc
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Three states where the majority of babies are born to unwed mothers. Mississippi, Louisiana
It's a way of life in these two.
Young girls are taught how to "get paid", the formula is having a child without being married, it's passed down from generation to generation.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:28 am to anc
There's a big big difference between unwed parents, and absent parents.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:28 am to anc
As per usual, Louisiana is on top in all the right things. Seriously though, those stats are depressing as hell nationwide.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:29 am to anc
The most surprising thing to me on this map is Utah being at 22%. I assumed it would be low teens or even single digits.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:29 am to anc
Not that much difference between MS and Florida. I think our biggest problem is the number of people that choose not to work for a living (its most definitely just single people doing this). Having a job is good for your health (both mentally and physically). People that choose not to work are an exponential drain on the system and they don't realize they are hurting themselves more than anyone. I am not talking about stay-at-home mothers here, I am talking about people that choose to find a way to live off the system.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:30 am to SloaneRanger
strong correlation... 
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:30 am to anc
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As I said in the MS education thread - everything that MS is doing in education is going to be worthless if we don't start doing more to keep our best and brightest. When all that is left is the bottom quartile, this is what you get.
You need to think in terms of building livable wage jobs.
Once you have jobs capable of sustaining a middle class you can then do more than lock up the welfare babies when they grow up to be welfare criminals.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:30 am to anc
This is just a side effect of dense impoverished minority populations.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:31 am to AwesomeSauce
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The most surprising thing to me on this map is Utah being at 22%. I assumed it would be low teens or even single digits.
When 1 guy can have 12 wives and multiple kids all counting as being wed, it will skew numbers a lot lower
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:32 am to AwesomeSauce
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The most surprising thing to me on this map is Utah being at 22%. I assumed it would be low teens or even single digits.
That assumes it is monolithically white and Mormon.
The state is 22% Hispanic and the birth numbers in nearby New Mexico are largely driven by Hispanics, I’m sure.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:33 am to anc
I really expected this post to be “black people”
Biggest problems in Louisiana are political corruption, apathy, and lack of opportunities.
Biggest problems in Louisiana are political corruption, apathy, and lack of opportunities.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:33 am to anc
Maryland is at 47% in there
MD, California, Texas Georgia, Florida and NC have plenty of poor minorities, single moms yet are attracting businesses and jobs
This is a LA, MS problem
MD, California, Texas Georgia, Florida and NC have plenty of poor minorities, single moms yet are attracting businesses and jobs
This is a LA, MS problem
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:34 am to anc
State and federal govts need to turn back the clock on LBJs programs incentivizing the least productive members of society to keep increasing the dependent class.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:36 am to anc
Damn and I thought the South was moral and shite.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:38 am to anc
Make divorce less of a beat down for the man and marriage may not look so unattractive.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:38 am to ChatGPT of LA
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There's a big big difference between unwed parents, and absent parents.
That is my question. Does this include a couple who decide not to marry but have children?
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:39 am to ChatGPT of LA
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There's a big big difference between unwed parents, and absent parents.
In theory, not in practice.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:40 am to anc
It would be helpful if the map included the national average.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 9:40 am to anc
Utah and New Hampshire cementing themselves as top retirement destinations.
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