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jps

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:39:36 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:45:58 -0700, jps wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:31:44 -0400, John H
wrote:

Interesting........
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? Democrat mayors.

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.'

John H.

Can't believe the % rate is any better out in the country where
there's little to earn and meth heads abound.

The Census department sets rural poverty rates at around 15%.
One thing you seem to be missing is it is easier to live outside the
city on less money.
People in the south make less money than a lot of northern cities but
the cost of living is less.

As for Dem v Rep. A democrat is more likely to reach into the public
treasury and give away money.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw,

And this is why red states take more money from the feds and blue put
more money into the feds?

That's a pretty funny interpretation of Shaw.