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2012-01-23T20:36:00.000-08:00

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Poverty is a Nine Billion Dollar Industry In Oakland, California

2012-01-15T15:30:00.001-08:00

I just thought that I would mention that poverty and violence are the largest industries here. I finally found the data to properly show this. Look at the revenues that are generated by the 501(c)s. . .

This would be an interesting story, should a real media person wanted to write it up. I have looked at the comparative data for Los Angeles, and my thumbnail math suggests that we are very upside down.

That is, Oakland is essentially a "client-state."

In other words, we are a net drain on the local economy, and our economic drivers are violence and poverty, both in the traditional and underground economies. . .

Yay Oakland!!!!!!

I was also wrong about Alameda County - there are not 2600 social service agencies here in Alameda County. I got that data from 211.org. It is wrong.

According to the IRS' own data, there are over 10,000, with a net yearly income of about 16 BILLION dollars, and assets of about 23.3 BILLION. Out of this miasma of pain, Oakland has either 3757, or 4548 social service agencies, depending on which site you look at.

Like I always tell people, reality is stranger than fiction - much stranger. . .

Remember that our entire city budget is "only" about a billion - in other words, the non-profits have nearly TEN TIMES the resources of the city itself. . .

Kevin Thomason's "Oaklander"

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Poverty is a Nine Billion Dollar Industry In Oakland, California