Why Are They Laughing?

Why are they laughing? What's so funny about a nearly $800 Billion tax and spend bill that is going to burden our country for years, maybe decades? A stimulus bill that the many say won't begin having much positive effect on the economy for years?

Could it be because they know they have totally flamboozelled most of the people of this country? That most of the people don't care about tomorrow and the consequences of poor decisons made today so long as you give them a little something today.

How's this for a notion of what Democratic leadership can do for America:

Here are the worst Ten Cities in America for Poverty

1. Detroit , MI 32.5%

2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%

3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%

4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%

6. 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%
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

Guess what they all have in common? None of them have had a Republican Mayor since 1989 and most of them have never had a Republican Mayor. They are all run by Democrats!

Obama likes to link himself with Lincoln, another President from Illinois. Let's see what Lincoln had to say about the poor and how best to help them. Do you think any of the Democratic Mayors of the cities above have ever read this?

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