Party of the rich

Any dem's care to comment. I didn't think so. PF you are my only hope. Here doggie, doggie, doggie.


manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2014/10/15/...publican-to-anything

..."Am I the only one who finds it odd that, here in the richest county in the country (measured by per capita income), the so-called "party of the rich" has almost vanished? Instead, we overwhelmingly vote for the "party of government" year after year, to tax ourselves at the highest levels in the country, supposedly to address the critical issues of poverty, public education and healthcare. And what do we have to show for it? A poverty rate higher than that of the country as a whole, dysfunctional union-dominated public education that costs about twice the national average per student for worse results, and a Medicaid system that for an expense double the national average per beneficiary gets no better health results. How could it even be possible that the very richest county in the country, that spends well more than any place else on "anti-poverty" efforts, actually has a poverty rate higher than the national average? (National "poverty" rate is 15.8% for 2013 according to American Community Survey report released in September; Manhattan rate is 17.8% according to ACS 2006-10 data.) You would think that if voters ever held their politicians accountable for anything, our all-Democrat pols would get voted out en masse immediately. But hey, this is Manhattan."...

Interesting point, elementary and high school education gets more and more expensive yet high school graduates aren't ready for college. Meanwhile the healthcare system is derided as too expensive for what we get if you compare single payer Euro models. But no one holds the Dem's feet to the fire on this.