Poverty or Bad Luck?

The inestimable, Robert Heinlein once said,

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as “bad luck.”

Enough said...but then, our current government and administration is hell-bent on destroying our economy in order to remake in their "fair" image...

THE TEN POOREST CITIES IN THE USA

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
6. 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%

Those statistics are from the 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 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

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.--Thomas Jefferson