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(CNSNews.com) – President Obama has characterized income inequality as “the defining challenge of our time,” prodding Republicans to come up with “concrete plans” to reduce it.
However, a new study by the Brookings Institute shows that the highest levels of income inequality in the U.S. are found in Democratic strongholds: the nation’s largest cities.
In his Dec. 4, 2013 speech, “Remarks on Economic Mobility,” Obama praised the New Deal and the War on Poverty for building “the largest middle class the world has ever known,” and lamented “a dangerous and growing inequality and lack of upward mobility that has jeopardized middle-class America’s basic bargain – that if you work hard, you have a chance to get ahead.”
The president challenged congressional Republicans to come up with “concrete plans that will actually reduce inequality, build the middle class, provide more ladders of opportunity to the poor.”
But the highest levels of income inequality in the nation are in cities that voted overwhelmingly to reelect Obama in 2012
And, it turns out, the cities with the highest levels of income equality also happen to be the same places were Obama won some of his biggest victories in 2012.
“In 2012, Obama won 69.4 percent of the vote in cities with more than 500,000 people and 58.4% of the vote in cities with 50,000 to 500,000 people,” UrbanCincy reported. The final popular vote total across the nation was a lot closer: 51 percent for Obama, and 47 percent for Romney.
Atlanta, which Brookings says has the nation’s highest level of income inequality, is the ninth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. The City of Atlanta straddles two counties, and both went for Obama in a big way in 2012. Obama beat Romney in Fulton County 64.1 to 34.4 percent, and pulled in 77.6 percent of the vote in DeKalb County compared to Romney’s 20.9 percent.
No surprise. They were never interested in improving their positions based on increasing their value to the markets. They are however interested in having numb nuts give them something for nothing buy taking from others and handing it to them. Which I might add, has worked quite well so far considering.
Large cities have the biggest problem of income inequality....yeah, lets make this all about a stupid left vs right argument. If only those left wing voter would have voted for Republicans, it would have magically solved everything.
No surprise. They were never interested in improving their positions based on increasing their value to the markets. They are however interested in having numb nuts give them something for nothing buy taking from others and handing it to them. Which I might add, has worked quite well so far considering.
Or they were interested in having things improve, and just got fooled by propaganda and false promises/ lies.
Calm down, they aren't voting for him again.. he won time to move on. Perhaps it would be a more useful exercise to ask why The R's in the House are not doing their job, or making a mockery of our Constitution.
Large cities have the biggest problem of income inequality....yeah, lets make this all about a stupid left vs right argument. If only those left wing voter would have voted for Republicans, it would have magically solved everything.
Exactly, and must these people be reminded once again that the poorest states are red states. This has nothing to do with Obama.
Voting for a lying scam artist like Obama who suckered so many people they should hide their faces.
Most of his voters are suffering under his trying to be a King.
Incomes down, foreclosures and bankruptcy filing up, what happens to his promise to help people save their homes from foreclosure? What about all those high paying shovel ready jobs?
Oh yea, you can keep your insurance. Lie!!
And you rates will go down if you just trust me.
We are going into our 4th raise in cost since dumbo signed his famous screw all Americans bill.
LOL
Most Ds are running like mad from the word Obamascare.
Now even the liar scam artist himself does not want it called Obamacare.
Voting for a lying scam artist like Obama who suckered so many people they should hide their faces.
Most of his voters are suffering under his trying to be a King.
Incomes down, foreclosures and bankruptcy filing up, what happens to his promise to help people save their homes from foreclosure? What about all those high paying shovel ready jobs?
Oh yea, you can keep your insurance. Lie!!
And you rates will go down if you just trust me.
We are going into our 4th raise in cost since dumbo signed his famous screw all Americans bill.
LOL
Most Ds are running like mad from the word Obamascare.
Now even the liar scam artist himself does not want it called Obamacare.
Thanks for making my nite! friend, and where have you been Period? Right you are. Most of his supporters are delusional just like him.
Hes too busy taking family vacations all over the world spending your dime. The people that are barely making it, paying taxes, are paying for his lies. Wake up America
Yet I'm sure you think the Obama administration is not. Which is why you can't be taken seriously.
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