On 08-02-19, DALE SHIPP said to GREGORY DEYSS:

-=> On 08-01-19  07:20,  Gregory Deyss <=-
-=> spoke to Lee Lofaso about Re: Trump Was There <=-


GD> Baltimore is a cesspool and was made this way by the nasty people who
GD> have lived there and are who still living there. The high crime and
GD> lawlessness is the result that has created the blight that you see on
GD> your television.

DS>You are over stating the situation, and its causes.


GD> This was put squarely with a laser scope onto Elijah
GD> Cummings.


DS>And Cummings (who just happens to be my Congressman) is not solely
DS>responsible for the conditions referred to in Trump's tweet, nor are
DS>those conditions unique to Baltimore.


Let me check a few things...be right back;


Yeah...Cummings has been in politics for a long long time. He was born and
raised in Baltimore, and represented it his entire time in politics, both on
the Maryland state level, and on the national level.


In fact, he's been on the national level since 1996 according to his bio.
Thats 23 years or so in Congress. He served at the state level for around 14
years.


So, after a period of around 37 years being the Baltimore area's
representative on both state and federal levels, you'd think Baltimore itself,
and Cummings's district (at least) would be a lot better off for his being
there.


Its not!


Let me look at a few lists......be right back;


Ok....Baltimore recieved billions....BILLIONS... of dollars in federal funding
and can't account for the vast majority of it!


A 2018 audit of the city's finances shows Baltimore recieved $5.4 billion
(BILLION) in federal grants, contracts, and other fiinancial assistance.


Baltimore city is a part of Elijah Cummings's district, and recieved $9
billion (BILLION) in federal funding over the past year, and $15 billion
(BILLION) over the past two years of his current congressional time in office.


Get this....Baltimore has a population of just over 600,000 people according
to a count taken in 2018.


Doing a little bit of math....thats around $25,000 per resident. In other
words the residents were given enough to equal $25,000 each....yet Baltimore
remains unchanged.


Now mind you, Elijah Cummings's net worth is around $2 million dollars or so.


His congressional seat only pays about $174,000 a year. He has to have a
residence in his district in order to be `from' his district. So, even if he
just rents there, it costs money; rent...utilities....


He's in DC most of the legislative year, so that costs him rent (high in DC),
his food, utilities....


Not to mention what it costs to raise any kids he may have.


Being in politics all those years at such low salaries makes you wonder how he
becomes a millionaire!


DS> Some of the substandard housing
DS>in Baltimore is owned by the Trump family.


But to go on...


Trump is neither mayor of Baltimore, nor governor of Maryland. But just since
Trump has been president....Baltimore recieved vast amounts of money....even
under Trump... and yet it was (even before Trump came along) and remains, a
stink hole!


DS>Much of Trump's city of New
DS>York has similar problems.


It isn't *Trump's city of New York*....it's Bill de Blasio's city!


Let me check a few things....be right back......


Ok...the city of New York puts out $4 billion (BILLION) a year on food,
housing, and welfare programs alone!


BTW....just to keep this in perspective....the billions given to Baltimore,
New York city, and several other democrat sink holes around the country? Those
billions are *federal funds*. In case people have lost track.....*federal
funds* are `taxpayer dollars'! Which means people living hundreds or even
thousands of miles away from these `democrat'-run shitholes are paying their
bills!


DS>As Cummings said, he works for the people of
DS>Baltimore and has much to be proud of in his district -- and that things
DS>do still need to be improved.


Cummings doesn't have a single thing to be `proud of in his district'.


Lets check a couple of things......


Baltimore has some pretty disgusting numbers. Elijah Cummings being it's
representative all those years on both state and federal level, and it still
being the stinkhole it is doesn't speak well for his `representation'.


Someone recently suggested the murder rate in Baltimore might be higher than
Guatemala's! It could be.


It is rat infested. It does have trash lying around all over the place! With
the billions of taxpayer dollars it gets every year you'd think they'd either
have their own city trash service, or a few private trash companies paid to
keep the city clean. Not to mention the drugs, crime.....


Baltimore is just another shining example of democrat failures. A perfect
testimony to Elijah Cummings's failure as Baltimore's representative.


Baltimore has nothing to be proud of. And neither does Elijah Cummings.



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