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The Ten Poorest US Cities... and Why
Reaganite Republican ^
| February 14, 2011
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 02/14/2011 10:29:39 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
% living 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%
6. St. Louis , MI 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 these top ten cities (pop over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common...?
Detroit, MI hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961.
Buffalo , NY hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1954.
Cincinnati , OH hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1984.
Cleveland , OH hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989.
Miami , FL has never had a Republican mayor.
St. Louis , MO hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949.
El Paso , TX has never had a Republican mayor.
Milwaukee , WI hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1908.
Philadelphia , PA hasn'telected a Republican mayor since 1952.
Newark , NJ hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1907.
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet, it is the poor who habitually elect Democrats...
while they REMAIN PERPETUALLY POOR!
Abraham Lincoln:
"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."
And Mr Obama, you are no Abe Lincoln...
Reagan either, you fraud
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; detroit; poor; poverty
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To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:38:10 AM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: Reaganite Republican
However, Lincoln did say:
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
- Reply to New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association (21 March 1864)
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
Near the bottom of the page, you'll also find a list of mis-attributed quotes that includes the ones you posted.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:42:15 AM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: justlurking
Are you sure? I got an email saying it was Andy Rooney. Then I got one saying it was Jay Leno. ;)
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:42:24 AM PST
by
pgkdan
(Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
To: Reaganite Republican
-—You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.-—
This is a good one for anyone who seriously wants to bring their kids up right.
Just my opinion of course.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:43:27 AM PST
by
MichaelCorleone
(Sarah Palin is America's Margaret Thatcher)
To: pgkdan
Do a reply-all, and you'll get one from yourself.
Then you can say that you wrote it. :-)
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:44:45 AM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: Reaganite Republican; All
Actually....the poverty figures for these top 10 cities prove that Free Trade and Free Trade Communism does not work
The majority of these cities are either on the border (Canada, Mexico), or, are cities with or near major ports.
If Free Trade Communism “works”, as the Free Trade Communists claim....these cities should be the least poverty-stricken.
So much for NAFTA and Free Trade with Communist China working.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:46:12 AM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Newt Gingrich and Chris Matthews: Seperated at Birth??)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
“...the poverty figures for these top 10 cities prove that Free Trade and Free Trade Communism does not work”
_______________________
Free Trade Communism? I think its because most of them have NFL teams, proving what a drag a pro football team is on the economy. Same logic.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:55:22 AM PST
by
lp boonie
(Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
To: MichaelCorleone
I don’t care who said ‘em, these are good guidelines by which to make public policy decisions. They are the backbone of Conservatism.
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:56:32 AM PST
by
bigbob
To: justlurking
Thanks Lurker- duly noted on my site
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:59:27 AM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
To: justlurking
To: UCFRoadWarrior
[quote]
Actually....the poverty figures for these top 10 cities prove that Free Trade and Free Trade Communism does not work
[/quote]
Which is why El Paso is there and San Diego is not? Horse hockey. Most trade, even in towns close to the border is domestic.
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:11:32 AM PST
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: justlurking
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:11:47 AM PST
by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: Reaganite Republican
Good thread... excellent questions..
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:12:17 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
>>>The majority of these cities are either on the border (Canada, Mexico), or, are cities with or near major ports.
Here’s an even better “post hoc, ergo propter hoc”:
The majority of these cities’ names occur in the first half of the alphabet.
Finding causality is a real B****.
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:19:46 AM PST
by
stompk
To: Hop A Long Cassidy
Yea, as if the highest major city (San Jose) would be democrat run... Or wait it has been for decades..
Finding causality is a real B****, for both sides!
It’s more appropriate to look at the majority of those as Rust belt and ask why? certainly local leadership has a lot to do with it but so does the flight of industry. And that has to do with over-regulation from the dems and free trade sellout from the republicans.
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:24:11 AM PST
by
N3WBI3
(Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
To: N3WBI3
When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland... our mayor was Dennis Kucinich
‘Nuff said
To: Reaganite Republican
That has been circulated many times and the “facts” about Republican Mayors has many errors. One example, Miami has had GOP Mayors and both the City & County Mayors are Republicans at present.
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posted on
02/14/2011 2:12:07 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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