The War on Poverty

Read these statistics and see if you can draw any conclusions .

This is from an email sent to ous.

Since the beginning of the Lyndon Johnson initiated War on Poverty, the 10 cities have had approximately 450 man-years of mayoral or equivalent control running their cities. Of that total, Democrats have run these cities for a total of about 90% of the time.

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. Actually many of their mayors governed as Socialists;
Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952;
Newark , NJ (10th)...since 1907.



It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still ..POOR  
Charles Barkley

"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

Ed. Note: In fairness to Democrats as well as Republicans, what I conclude is that all politicians have failed at solving the poverty problem, because they are too busy feathering their own nests with the public treasure, they are clueless relative to managing a society, and most importantly, there are no consequences for them when they fail. They are reelected over and over, while they never solve the problems they were elected to solve.

Obama is a typical example of the obtuse thinking of many if not most politicians. He has a big ego and thinks he knows best, regardless of what the people think. History has shown that this attitude leads to eventual failure, so another 4 or 8 years goes by without a solution, just more money thrown to a problem, with no solutions, and no consequences for failure.

Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'  This is exactly what Obama is doing relative to our financial mess. He is ignoring the history of what works and what doesn't work, because this zero experienced politician thinks he knows more than everyone else, and his way will work, regardless of historical fact. More people will suffer, but not the political class. They will manage to stay employed through whatever happens. They will not lose their homes, their retirements, etc.

Once again, as in the past, the American people (minus the politicians) will bear the brunt of the errors made by the politicians. Wake-up American and get rid of these professional politicians. If a zero experienced people  can be "appointed" or "anointed" into office, that proves that anyone could do the job. Think about the zero experienced people sent to Congress- Teddy Kennedy, Sonny Bono's wife, Caroline Kennedy (almost), Biden's son (waiting in line), Corzine, Hillary Clinton, and on and on.