Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

Interesting - on Poverty in the 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 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...



These are also the 40% or so of our population who receive an 'income tax credit' amounting to a return that is GREATER than they're scheduled FICA.
In other words, these people get back MORE than they paid in, it's a social program designed to offset the tax load on the poor.

Is there a government that doesn't?

In 1993 when "Hillarycare" was introduced, they predicted healthcare would bankrupt us by the year 2000. We were fed a picture of gloom & doom. Remember?

Didn't happen. In fact, when you look at the overall gross adjusted inflation rate, health care took a small dip. would love to check this , but when I googled "overall gross adjusted inflation rate " , no such thing exists , so I would be grateful if you could source these statements