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10 Poorest Cities in America

Posted on 03/23/2012 11:21:57 PM PDT by Mier

10 Poorest Cities in America

VERY INTERESTING ALL THE WAY TO THE END....

AND THAT'S THE "TRUTH"

10 Poorest Cities in America and how did it happen City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level 1. Detroit , MI 32.5% 2. Buffalo , NY 29.9% 3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8% 4. Cleveland , OH 27.0% 5. Miami , FL 26.9% 5. St. Louis , MO 26.8% 7. El Paso , TX 26.4% 8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2% 9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1% 10. Newark , NJ 24.2%

What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961

Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954

Cincinnati, OH -(3rd) since 1984

Cleveland, OH -(4th) since 1989

Miami, FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor

St. Louis, MO - (6th) since 1949

El Paso, TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor

Milwaukee , WI -(8th) since 1908

Philadelphia, PA -(9th) since 1952

Newark, NJ -(10th) since 1907

Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'

It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats .... yet they are still POOR.

"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."

Abraham Lincoln

And yet this president and the democrats continues to do the same-------------


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To: Mier

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21 posted on 03/24/2012 4:52:27 AM PDT by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Mier

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22 posted on 03/24/2012 5:04:08 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: Mier

This is a forwarded E-mail


23 posted on 03/24/2012 5:07:27 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Mier

Interesting list (% of people below the poverty level). Thanks for posting. Having lived in SE Michigan (Detroit, metro Detroit) my entire life, it doesn’t surprise me that Detroit is #1. 45 years later and it hasn’t rebounded from the 1967 riots...and in many ways it is much worse off. It is a perfect example of the failure of corruption/socialism. Hopefully with Kwame a couple of years removed it has finally turned the corner...but then there’s Ficano...

Cronysim, Corruption and Convolution...

http://thesouthend.wayne.edu/index.php/article/2011/10/oped_cronyism_corruption_and_convolution


24 posted on 03/24/2012 5:29:30 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Darren McCarty
Obama votes - 325,534 McCain votes - 8,888

wonder how the romney vs conservative numbers went?
25 posted on 03/24/2012 5:30:16 AM PDT by jjw
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To: Mier

Look...I think that most of us already agree that there is a significant and logical link between poverty and liberalism. But when you post a list like that without even posting the source of the list, itself, you make your post very questionable.

Is this the Forbes’ list, the Business Week list, the list from Money and Business? Is it the list of cities with populations over 250,000? What year is this list?

How about filling in the gaping holes here so the information is at least somewhat useful to those to read it...?


26 posted on 03/24/2012 5:34:46 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: RavenATB

Disregard the previous question about the populations. I see you’ve provided that. But please fill in the rest of the gaps.


27 posted on 03/24/2012 5:36:27 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Mier

Where did Memphis rank....they are the welfare capitol of the state of TN along with being the highest crime rates.


28 posted on 03/24/2012 5:50:36 AM PDT by GailA (Any congress critter or president who FAILS to keep faith with the Military, WON'T keep faith with U)
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To: RavenATB

It’s a forwarded e-mail - just search the title and a bunch of the same posts pop up all over message boards on the net.

Other message links have the links to the information - from 2007. I think I saw one from snopes too (didn’t click onto it)


29 posted on 03/24/2012 6:04:01 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: libertarian27

I actually did do a search on this phrase: “10 poorest cities”

I got one thread...the one I just posted that request on.


30 posted on 03/24/2012 6:17:49 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: RavenATB

http://www.google.com/search?ix=seb&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=10+Poorest+Cities+in+America

There’s a bunch of them (link above)

I was immediately curious too and looked a bit more for current stats - these are old numbers - most are liberal sites stating that the poorest states are republican.


31 posted on 03/24/2012 6:27:20 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: libertarian27

I was searching FR... Did you find any report on Google/Yahoo where the list matched the one this guy posted?


32 posted on 03/24/2012 6:57:42 AM PDT by RavenATB ("Destroy the family and you destroy the country!" ~Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Darren McCarty

Hey, but the Government Motors (Chrysler) commercials say that Detroit is making a comeback! / sarc


33 posted on 03/24/2012 7:12:29 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Mier

New Santorum ad: Welcome to Obamaville

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/birthermania.html


34 posted on 03/24/2012 7:13:35 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: RavenATB

Yes - click the link on post #31


35 posted on 03/24/2012 7:21:41 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Hey, but the Government Motors (Chrysler) commercials say that Detroit is making a comeback! / sarc

Yep, with cars built in Canada with parts made in Mexico.


36 posted on 03/24/2012 7:25:14 AM PDT by JayAr36
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To: Mier

American cities were already declining in the fifties and sixties, but forced busing, in my opinion, was what finally killed them. The white middle class started leaving in droves.


37 posted on 03/24/2012 8:10:06 AM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: Mier

Thanks. Emailed it out to be passed on. Just like demo. presidents, huh!


38 posted on 03/24/2012 9:02:22 AM PDT by wizr
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To: Mier

bfl


39 posted on 03/24/2012 1:48:59 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: righttackle44

What is the authoritative source for this list? Someone just make it up? I can believe it, but not until someone cites the source.

It’s called e-mail, take it for what it’s worth...But I believe there’s a lot of truth there! What part don’t you believe? I wish F.R. had a special place to post political e-mail and people could read and forward them on if they wanted to? F.R. wouldn’t have to be responsible for the content. But they don’t and that’s why I put it here for lack of a better place. There are tons of good political e-mails out there. (IMHO) I think this e-mail is really putting it mildly!!The liberals who are running cities and towns all across this country are running them straight into the ground.Some through ignorance some by design to further the cause. Liberals love to be in control and have power over others.But more often than not are clueless behind the wheel.


40 posted on 03/24/2012 11:14:47 PM PDT by Mier (Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent!! "Jim Quinn")
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