Posted on 05/01/2016 12:19:05 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Bernie Sanders says conditions in Baltimore no better than North Korea, West Bank
By Linda Qiu on Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at 5:06 p.m.
Residents of some Baltimore neighborhoods are no better off than people living in impoverished North Korea and the violent West Bank, Bernie Sanders said during a campaign rally in Maryland ahead of that state’s primary.
"Poverty in Baltimore, and around this country — poverty is a death sentence," Sanders said April 24. He then laid out some rather unflattering and harsh comparisons:
"Fifteen neighborhoods in Baltimore have lower life expectancies than North Korea. Two of them have a higher infant mortality rate than the West Bank in Palestine. Baltimore teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 face poorer health conditions and a worse economic outlook than those in distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa. We are talking about the United States of America in the year 2016 — a country in which the top 1/10th of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
While it would be wrong to take Sanders’ claim to mean that conditions overall are worse than Baltimore, we found that his specific comparisons are largely accurate.
"The comparisons fairly make the point that there are some parts of this rich country where conditions resemble those in much poorer countries," said Alan Berube, an expert on urban poverty at the Brookings Institution. "This isn't isolated to Baltimore; there are neighborhoods in nearly every big U.S. city and metropolitan area, and many rural communities, that perform just as poorly on these outcomes."
Let’s take Sanders’ claims one by one.
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Baltimore the Democrat Jewel
Cause it’s run by liberals, Bernie. Duh.
Feel the Bern Baltimore! Because some towns will never learn!
No shit Bernie. You been reading Free Republic?
Bernie is bald because his head has been impacted in his flabby posterior. He’s an imbecile..
So, they don’t have access to ice cubes, 711, Mcdonalds, etc?
And that would be because of what political party?
Bernie’s running against his own party. Same old crap.
A: Unknown. No one ever made it that far.
Finally, something that Bernie and I agree upon. Now, the question is....will Baltimore develop nukes?
And why might that be, senator? We’ve had a Democrat occupying the executive office for 8 years, with the city itself being controlled by Democrats. A sign and a cup on the street corner asking for money is more honest.
They have two very good medical schools in Baltimore so it's not because of lack of access.
Berne's lying again. Baltimore has been a high crime inner city area for decades. The only bright spot is they can say they are better off than Camden NJ. I used to make a point when traveling the northeast to stop in the harbor area for something to eat. After the riots I probably won't step foot in Baltimore again. So it's not my fault Berne. The residents of Baltimore have put people on notice that no one is welcome in Baltimore. I'm sure if you look at Federal and State spending Baltimore has gotten more than its fair share of money over the years.
I came from Baltimore. It was once a viable city until Nancy pelosi.s a hole mayor brother sold out to the black street thugs and politically corrupt machine during the 1968 riots which were both anti.whites and anti-Semitic. It never recovered from it. Even a decent mayor like william Schaefer couldn’t save it. Nothing but black crooked politicians and far left white progressives ever since. Now the black racist politicians have flushed it down the toilet by betraying their own people for their political careers.
Sanders kind of people. Lessons learned.
Bold words from a guy who was born and raised in New York City, got his college degree in Chicago, and then chose to settle in lily-white Vermont to become a Social Justice Warrior (from a distance, of course.)
Its bad alright, just like the Norks the folks in Baltimore are nothing but skin an bones. Starvation is rampant, no grass or tree bark is safe.
What in the world will happen if this old man somehow wins the election? Don’t scoff, it could happen.
Aren’t there a lot of clean, safe towns around Baltimore? I know people from the St Louis area and they say there are many wonderful places to live where there are virtually no thugs walking about.
Feel the Bern.
It’s not just BS when Bernie Sanders says it.
Perhaps Bernie could convince Barry to bomb them and Hillaryous Rotten Crimnal could drag their leaders through the city streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y
“Above all, if you wish to be strong, begin by rooting out every particle of socialism that may have crept into your legislation.” - Bastiat
DEPOPULATE socialists from the body politic.
DEFUND their collectives and their individual puppets.
This POS obviously hasn’t run out of other socialists money, yet…but why are WE still paying him?
“Feel the Bern”
leave it to retarded and desperate libtards to put lipstick on a pig with a walking geezer who is one heart attack from the grave. They had their 8 years of DOPEYCHANGEY and now have to work with a walking dead extra’.
Dems are pathetic. There are lots of bern stickers here in LA and now at least I know who are the real stupid ones on the road..
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