Sparta Report | by Rob Morse |
What do you do when your political promises fail? What can you say once your political graft and corruption lead to widespread poverty and violence? That is a tough situation, but the political solution is well know and time tested; you blame someone else. Venezuelan socialists reduced the richest country in south america from prosperity to violent poverty. Their political policies also caused a frightening surge in robbery and kidnapping. Politicians and the electorate in Venezuela and the US have more in common than first appears.
The Venezuelan government told its citizens to avoid violent cities in the USA. They named Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis, Oakland and Saint Louis as places to avoid. Let’s look closer.
- Atlanta hasn’t had a Republican mayor for the last 140 years.
- Baltimore had only Democrat mayors and only Democrat City Councils for the last 18,000 days.
- Birmingham had Democrat mayors for the last 16,000 days.
- Buffalo had Democrat mayors for the last 18,000 days and has a completely Democrat Common Council.
- Cleveland had Democrat mayors for the last 10,000 days and has a completely Democrat City Council.
- Detroit had Democrat mayors for the last 22,000 days and has a 90% Democrat City Council.
- Memphis had Democrat mayors for the last 9,000 days.
- Oakland had Democrat mayors for the last 15,000 days and has a super-majority Democrat city council.
- Saint Louis had Democrat mayors for the last 15,000 days and has a super-majority of Democrat aldermen.