Top 10..Poverty in Our Major Cities
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City, State, % of People Below
the
Poverty Level
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1.
Detroit , MI
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32.5%
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2.
Buffalo , NY
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29.9%
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3.
Cincinnati , OH
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27.8%
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4.
Cleveland , OH
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27.0%
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5. Miami , FL
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26.9%
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5. St. Louis , MO
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26.8%
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7.
El Paso , TX
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26.4%
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8.
Milwaukee , WI
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26.2%
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9.
Philadelphia , PA
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25.1%
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10.
Newark , NJ
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24.2%
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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
...................
"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."
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