Part I: 10 Poorest Cities in America (How did it happen?) 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 pop.) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Detroit, MI - (1st on poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961 Buffalo, NY - (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954 Cincinnati, OH - (3rd) not since 1984 Cleveland, OH - (4th) not since 1989 Miami, FL - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor St. Louis, MO - (6th) not since 1949 El Paso, TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor Milwaukee, WI - (8th) not since 1908 Philadelphia, PA - (9th) not since 1952 Newark, NJ - (10th) not since 1907 Part II: 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 "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him, had better take a much closer look at the American Indian." ~Henry Ford Part III: Six trivia questions to see how much history you really know. Be honest; it's kind of fun and revealing. If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all of the questions (no cheating) before looking at the answers. 1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." A. Karl Marx B. Adolph Hitler C. Joseph Stalin D. Barack Obama E. None of the above 2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few. And to replace it with shared responsibility, for shared prosperity." A. Lenin B. Mussolini C. Idi Amin D. Barack Obama E. None of the above 3) "We can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people." A. Nikita Khrushchev B. Joseph Goebbels C. Boris Yeltsin D. Barack Obama E. None of the above 4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own, in order to create this common ground." A. Mao Tse Tung B. Hugo Chavez C. Kim Jong II D. Barack Obama E. None of the above 5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed." A. Karl Marx B. Lenin C. Molotov D. Barack Obama E. None of the above 6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy, that they are being watched." A. Pinochet B. Milosevic C. Saddam Hussein D. Barack Obama E. None of the above No peeking! Scroll down for answers... ... and the answers are: (1) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/06/2004. (2) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007 (3) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007 (4) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007 (5) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007 (6) E. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005 ________________________________ [Image removed by sender. Avast logo]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com/<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_s ource=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> ____________________________________ ____________________________________ () No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ Version: 2016.0.7596 / Virus Database: 4565/12163 - Release Date: 05/04/16 -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
