Poverty

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LINCOLN NAILS IT IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH



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 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 Mr. Obama,
you are no Abe Lincoln

[Pine Mt Beagles]

SO YOU ARE SAYING,THAT A LINE WORKER IN A AUTOMOBILE PLANT, MAKING 20.00 BUCK'S AN HOUR,AND ONE OF THE C.E.O.'S- GET'S A 10-MILLION DOLLAR BONUS,FOR DOING NOTHING- IS A GOOD THING,OR THE THIEVES, ON WALL STREET GETTTING MILLION'S, FOR LOOSING MY MONEY ,ARE YOU KIN, TO MITCH MCCONNEL !!!

[hookset]

Uh.... What?

[bluemouse]

Confused hookset on the responce By Pinenut, don't be, about this time everyday he sobers up from the cool-aid and crawls out from under a rock spewing names and hate. He has never thought about most the people he is insulting are people that has fought in wars over seas to give him a right to be a dumb-ass. The others he insults are hard working Americans that support the takers, November will tell the truth.

[hookset]

Thanks bluemouse, thought I was having an aneurysm.

[TC]

Thanks bluemouse, thought I was having an aneurysm.

Welll Trying to have a political Conversation With Rufus might Cause one!!!!!!!!

you Caint Argue With a BRICK WALL OR THE MENTALLY ILL!!!!

hey Rufus ya Got yer Purple card yet????

[TC]

Well I have always Considered Myself a patient man
I Will put up with a bit of Coldtrailin , backtrackin and ghost runnin from a young hound..
But NOT from a SEASONED HOUND
RUFUS
Consider yourself CULLED

Got yer purple Card yet?????

[Rabbithoundjb]

You know PMB, I actually think that some of these salaries are too much but I also think athletes, actor, t.v. hosts and so on make too much. I also think some of these dog prices are too high but you know what if all of these people can get this money so be it. In america you or I can do anything, if we are willing to give up enough and thats the part of your statement that is blind. YOU SAID THEY GET ALL OF THIS MONEY AND DO NOTHING, NOT TRUE!!!!!!!

I understand you spent years building a bloodline of dogs, I assume you have a family, I think you like to fish. Well these people who are getting all of this money spent years in school, years kissing corporate azz and spend most of their time away from their families on the road from plane to plane and have NO real hobbies, they belong to a company that's not even theirs. How much would it cost for you to give up your hobbies and family to be a company man.

Now don't make any excuses because anybody can be anything they want to if they are willing to go after it and put aside everything else.