What have Republicans ever done to help poor neighborhoods?
Imagine that
If they are so poor, it would seem easy for Republicans to offer something better
Why don't they?
when the dems control the city it's impossible for republicans to make any changes. Here in New Orleans our stupid mayor and council are more interested in removing historical statues than in doing anything about crime or poverty. But they do have measures in place to raise taxes----------on the poor who have no way to pay them.
City governments have no effect whatsoever on poverty within their boundaries. City policies don't create jobs. Cities governments get the most blame for conditions not of their making, and have fewer resources to deal with the problems. When the steel industry left Pittsburg, whose fault was that? When the auto industry left Detroit, was the local government at fault?
It's a chicken and egg question. Which came first - the poverty, or the democratic government. In every case, it's the poverty. Cities don't become poor because the vote Democrat - they vote Democrat because Republicans do NOTHING for poor people.
That is not to say that poor people want free stuff, what they want is opportunities, just like everyone else, and Republicans don't offer opportunity at all. In fact, Republican policies make it harder and harder for people to work themselves out of poverty.
Conservatives hate "affirmative action" programs which see less qualified students of color gain admittance to Ivy League universities ahead of more qualified white students. They say this is wrong and everyone should be admitted on their merits. Really? They why do they support "legacy" admittance?
Undeserving and less qualifed sons and daughters of graduates of these fine institutions go to the front of the admittance line. Do you think that George W. Bush would have gotten into Harvard or Yale with his C average if his Daddy hadn't been Speaker of the House? If you do, then I have a ski resort in Miami I'd like to sell you.
Liberal cities are America's success story - from the revival of New York, to Los Angeles and Seattle, these are the engines which drive the US economy, with innovation, drive, and left wing policies. Not all are as successful, but compared to the Red States, the Blue Cities are in much, much better shape both economically and socially.
