Why is the economy so bad?
Because Leftist politicians don't WANT success and economic freedom. Instead, they WANT economic and social dependence on the government, which gets to decide what you eat, what you make in the way of dollars and employment, your health care...all of it determined by politicians who the cities---and ultimately American voters nationally---continue to vote for in the fear that the hand that feeds them will also take away. It's all exposed here at Forbes, where the author explains that the "Curley Effect" has been in effect in the poorest cities in America and Leftists are hard at work trying to impose it nationally:
The Curley effect is extensive. Perhaps you have seen the chain e-mail
listing the ten poorest U.S. cities with a population of at least
250,000: Detroit, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Miami, St. Louis, El
Paso, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Newark. Besides all having poverty
rates between 24 percent and 32 percent, these cities share a common
political factor: Only two have had a Republican mayor since 1961, and
those two (Cincinnati and Cleveland) haven’t had one since the 1980s.
Democratic mayors have had a lock on City Hall despite these once-great
and prosperous cities stagnating on their watch. This is the Curley
effect in action.
And from a Facebook post at Best of the Web:
10 Poorest Cities in America and 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%
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%
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
Most of these cities except for maybe Cleveland and Milwaukee are going to be bad in good times. The only thing keeping the economy going now is energy- oil and gas drilling. Texas is up to about 1980 levels & may be producing 3 million barrels a day by year end. Overall US is producing at levels not seen since 1992.
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