From Mary In Wisconsin...Being Poor Does Not Mean That You Stop Using Your Brains

TEN POOREST CITIES--ALL RUN BY LIBS AND ELECTED BY LIBS.  GOOD LUCK!!

               TEN POOREST CITIES

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%

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

 

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

a Republican mayor since 1954.

Cincinnati ,  OH (3rd) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1984.

Cleveland ,  OH (4th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989.

Miami ,  FL (5th) has never had

a Republican mayor.

St. Louis ,  MO (6th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949.

El Paso ,  TX (7th) has never had

a Republican mayor.

Milwaukee ,  WI (8th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1908.

Philadelphia , PA (9th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1952.

Newark ,  NJ (10th) 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.'


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...Mr. Obama, you are no Abe Lincoln!