Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoTIL, American who live in Mississippi, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Alabama spend the highest portion of their income on gasoline. Californians, despite high taxes, are closer to the national average.financebuzz.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down17
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkTIL, American who live in Mississippi, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Alabama spend the highest portion of their income on gasoline. Californians, despite high taxes, are closer to the national average.financebuzz.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoMississippi and Alabama have petro-chemical industries (and defence) that pay handsomely. They have some of the highest wage levels in the Union.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoprobably because those companies cannot survive in states with more regulations, and i doubt the country bumpkin is getting hired at these jobs.
Mississippi and Alabama have petro-chemical industries (and defence) that pay handsomely. They have some of the highest wage levels in the Union.
probably because those companies cannot survive in states with more regulations, and i doubt the country bumpkin is getting hired at these jobs.