Is this the "Legacy of Slavery" ???, that people in the South refuse to be "keepers of our brothers and sisters" ?? - History of "The Old" in America : From a very detailed wonderful History of Social Security in a U.S. Government Website :

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By 1932 seventeen states had old age pension laws, although none were in the south, and 87% of the money available under these laws were expended in only three states (California, Massachusetts and New York). That was before the "New Deal" of President Franklin Roosevelt.

In 1929 of the six states with operating pension laws on the books only 53 of the 264 counties eligible to adopt a pension plan actually did so. After 1929, the States began enacting laws without county options.

So you see how the South has resisted helping the Old and the Poor. And you can also observe how many local governments harm their citizens by denying help. Like Texas that has refused for decades to receive Federal Funds for helping Children's Health, Education, etc ... until they throw the towel and surrender to reality !!

And now Republican Governors refuse the Federal Dollars for Medicaid Expansion with a lot of Ideological Useless Blather. This is nothing new and they always end up by surrendering to Reality and receiving the Federal Money after causing great harm to citizens.

And these ideologists against progress are thrown out to the Garbage Dump of History !!

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