A most interesting NY Times story about Camden which has the reputation of being the most crime ridden city in the USA. "To Fight Crime, a Poor City Will Trade In Its Police"
Officials in
Camden, N.J,. say that their unionized police department is too
expensive, so they are disbanding it to free up millions for a
nonunionized force to safeguard the city.
Myth #4. The 47 percent vote Democratic.
In the leaked video that went viral
this past week, Romney counts the 47 percent as people who will vote for
President Obama "no matter what." There is no direct way to match
people's tax records and voting habits, so we have only circumstantial evidence
on how the 47 percent votes — but they certainly aren't all shoo-ins for Obama.
Let's take low-income and elderly
households, which are particularly likely to pay no federal income taxes.
Low-income households do tend to vote Democratic — when they vote. But fewer
than half of individuals in households with incomes below $30,000 voted in
2008, according to the census,
compared with about 60 percent of people with higher incomes. On the other
hand, Romney appears to hold a lead over Obama among elderly voters, a group
that votes enthusiastically.
Not these elderly voters, Doc!
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