[StBernard] TEN POOREST CITIES

[Westley Annis]

	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% 

	What do the top ten cities

	(over 250,000) with the highest

	poverty rate all have in common? 
	
	Detroit,  MI (1st on the 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.
	
	
	
	
	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