Rand Paul Says Income Inequality is Worse in Cities with Democratic Mayors- Tampa Bay Times

Rand Paul says income inequality is worse in cities with democratic mayors

Republican Senator Rand Paul recently spoke out to the public asserting the statement that cities with Democratic mayors have a higher rate of income inequality. To pluck out the validity of Paul's statement, a reporter from the Tampa Bay Times did some digging. The top ten cities with the highest income inequality were juxtaposed with the bottom ten cities. Facts did show that Paul's statement had truth. Nine out of the top ten were Democratic and ten out of the bottom ten were Republican.

It seems as though there is nothing more to discuss now that we know Democratic mayors spawn income inequality. Wrong. I believe that Paul is taking a small fact and embellishing it. When we look at the details, we see that, in reality, mayors aren't all-powerful leaders in local government. Of course the mayors have an important role but not as important as Paul is trying to convey.

Two, income inequality is more than just local leadership. Inequality results from population size, geographic size, and location. It was found by the writer that Paul's statement only holds true in cities, not metropolitan areas. In fact, the results are quite the opposite. Nine out of the ten mayors who govern the most equal metropolitan areas are Democratic.

Obviously, Paul's statement has some truth but I believe it's missing crucial details. I think the article was written well and realistically dissects Paul's assertion. It seems pretty at first, but once we delve deeper into the facts, flaws are revealed in the point Paul is trying to convey.