Progressive policies destroy cities.
At first, it sounds like a deeply parochial analysis made by a Republican partisan. And, indeed, GOP leaders have often made the statement. Brian Carey reports that former House Speaker and past Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has stated that “every major city which is a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city.”
While the intent may be partisan, the reality is that left-wing governance has clearly failed to help, and has indeed hurt, America’s great metropolises. An Independent Journal Review study found that the top ten cities with the highest poverty rates (with populations over 250,000) including Detroit, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Miami, St. Louis, El Paso, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Newark all have had Democrat mayors for at least the last two decades.
The reasons why are relatively simple. To win elections, Democrats rely on promises of increased aid, higher salaries and benefits, and more regulations over businesses. They seek to finance that assistance and oversight through comparatively higher taxes and fees. This results in attracting or keeping those in need, while encouraging those producing revenue through profit or salary (other than municipal staff) to seek less costly venues.
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A very clear example is New York. As America’s largest city with significant geographical assets and the “home away from home” for many foreign investors, it is not in the top ten list of poverty rates. But after decades of an unbroken string of leftist mayors, capped off by the very liberal tenure of David Dinkins, New York, despite its extraordinary advantages, was on the brink of ruin. Observers suggested that it was “ungovernable.”
But the city was pulled back from the brink by a significant change in course brought about by the election of a fiscally conservative mayor who emphasized low taxes and vigorous, tough, anti-crime policies. Under Rudolph Giuliani, the “ungovernable city” was transformed into “The capital of the world.”
It will be difficult for America’s endangered cities to pull back from the brink and avoid the fate of bankrupt Detroit. Their remaining populations are now tailor-made to continue supporting candidates who are politically astute enough to continue making promises that cannot be paid for. It remains to be seen whether the proximity of disaster will bring more success to common-sense candidates, whether they be Republican or more practical Democrats.