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Imagine Ed Rendell saying this on Hardball: "Oddly enough, as you know, those with the highest degrees, usually in academia tend left as do criminals and illiterate inner city poor. Illiterates trend Dem as do criminals, those close to illegal aliens and welfare recipients. So we've really got to focus in our message on those people, Chris."

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Of 100% of welfare recipients a little over 40% are black. They are probably the most monolithic voters in the world."

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Is the point you're trying to make that the reason "large depressed cities of the rustbelt have above average crime and poverty and below average education" is because of welfare?

Uh no.
Only an idiot (ore someone pretending to be one in order to bicker) would read what I said and think that.

Because people get food stamps, or AFDC, that makes them more likely to commit crimes? That makes their schools worse?

Is that what you're saying??

Hey is that you Ray Bolger???

As you know I'm saying that areas that are high in a combination all those negatives tend to vote for the party that they think will support more programs paid for by taxpayers and more liberal laws pertaining to those on the other side of it.
The party that appears to "care."
The Democrats at this point in time.
I don't know why you have such a huge problem with that analysis.

And the subject change was just a fun little aside I knew you'd sidestep.

WSS

I'll give you this, though. Places that are depressed and have pockets of poverty do receive more welfare. You know, since it's a program for the poor. That is true.