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How Republicans Get Americans To Vote Against Their Own Self InterestThe general stigma and opinion of the majority of the American people is that the Republican party and their policies favor the wealthy. If so many people believe that a particular political party has only a small elite in their best interest, why do so many still continue to vote for them? A question needs to be asked, why do working class, low and middle income families, continue to support a party that gives little to no benefit to them?
A New York Times/CBS News poll was released last October and showed that 70% of all Americans believed that the policies of congressional Republicans favored the rich. In addition to the backlash towards congressional Republicans, two-thirds of Americans actually disapprove of continuing tax cuts for corporations and millionaires. President Obama's recent proposal, the "Buffett Rule", which would place a minimum tax rate of 30% on millionaires, failed in the Senate with a 51-49 vote. Only one Republican voted for the bill, falling nine votes short of the 60 vote super majority it needed to move to the House of Representatives.
Though the "Buffett Rule" failed in the Senate, if a 60% threshold was needed among the American people, the bill would have passed with flying colors. According to a recent CNN poll, 72% of Americans favor the "Buffett Rule,"blowing away the numbers shown in congress. These numbers show where the majority of Americans stand when it comes to economics, but it doesn't translate in the polls when it comes to election time. On most occasions, both the Republican party and the Democratic party each gain around 45% of the electorate, with the remaining 10% swinging in either direction depending on the mood of the country. While Democratic voters are mostly working class Americans who are more inclined to change and accepting others, Republican voters stick to their ideology and are much more resistant to change.
It makes economic sense for the wealthiest Americans to vote for the Republican party because they want to protect their own private finances without giving others, including themselves, the chance for more upward mobility. What makes people scratch their head is the idea of a working class family, making $50,000 a year, voting for a party that continues to give tax breaks to the wealthy and paying for it by cutting the programs that benefit the lower and middle class income families. The Locust Fork News-Journal did a story about a retired Auburn History professor and author, Wayne Flynt, who has written about why Americans often do vote against their best interests in his book "Poor but Proud."
“It’s partly because preachers tell them that the Democratic Party is a godless party...It’s party because the Democratic Party is made up of a large number of African-Americans, and working class whites just won’t vote that way.” Dr. Flynt points out that before the 1960s and 1970s, social issues such as abortion, gay rights and religion weren't talked about as much as they are today. As the years have gone on, social issues and their importance have mixed together with the economic issues of our time. In many southern states, Evangelical Christianity makes up the majority of the voters, most of them Republican. With the recent insurgence of the Tea Party movement into the national Republican party, religion and Christianity has made its way into the secular society of the United States. Today, more than ever before, religion has found its way out of the home and churches and into the public square, a place where religion was never intended to be when our founding fathers began to craft the United States constitution. Dr. Flynt makes a very important statement when it comes to Americans and their idea of the importance of their religion and its impact on society.
“If you are a truck diver, a plumber, an electrician or a steel worker and you live in Alabama, you say, ‘Well, I think my religion is the way everybody ought to think,... but, let that same guy move to Salt Lake City, Utah (where the majority is Mormon) or New Jersey or Connecticut (where the majority is Catholic) or Dearborn, Michigan, (where the majority is Muslim), and he won’t think so highly of the idea that the majority of people ought to impose their religious values on the minority.” Even when conservatives leave the comfort of their conservative church, they quickly turn the TV to the right wing news station, Fox News, or set the radio dial to conservatives mouth pieces like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Michael Savage. Fox News, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, has been accused of multiple instances where they have taken a far right bias when reporting the news. The "journalists" on Fox News twist facts around to misinform their viewers and push them towards the Republican party. While conservatives hold Fox News close to their hearts, the rest of America can't take them seriously. With conservative talking heads like Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity blasting any political position that isn't far right conservatism, independent voters often see through the bias and turn the TV off.
The Republican party and the pundits who support them, use an agenda of fear, channeling the ways of former Republican senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. In the 1950s, McCarthy had accused hundreds of Democrats in the United States of being members of the communist party without having any proof of his claims. As the years went on, the American people took McCarthy and his fear agenda as a sad and pathetic joke. The current Republican party goes further than McCarthy did, using what conservatives hold close to them against them, their religion. Republicans push the fear of gays, Muslims, atheists and others who aren't evangelical Christians onto conservatives voters, using those fears to bypass many economic issues that could normally work against them.
Whether it's religion, fear or simply a case of misinformation, conservative voters have been getting the wool pulled over their eyes for years and it's not only affecting them, but the entire country. The Democratic party is far from perfect, but more often than not, their policies represent the best interest of the majority of the American people. Until the media becomes accountable for the truth in their reporting and Americans start to think outside the box and accept that others might have some good ideas, the American people will have to continue to weather the storm of Republican destruction.Comment -
Do you think it might have something to do with it being his only venue to spout his nonsense? With his thoughts there is no way people listen to him in person. In person u either knock him out or just walk the other way. This is stupid at its highest of levels. In here he has free speech unless u ignore him which i have done. Jay there isn't a thread this asshole is in that he isn't called a moron by less than two people. It is actually pretty impressive that u can be called a nitwit by so many different posters and quite possibly a post board record.
This is that guy when u are sitting at the bar minding ur own business, this fuk walks in and u say to yourself "oh god please don't sit next to me." Im sure in his life he has heard this phrase hundreds of times "hey bartender can ya give me my tab".Last edited by Thor4140; 02-25-16, 01:58 PM.Comment -
^lol fun watching someone dumb like thor try to post something intelligent. Truly enjoyable to read considering our long history of me proving him wrong. So much, in fact, he had to put me on ignore.. again. First time was when I had to yank him off Obama's dick, he wasn't very happy.
again?
no, we already talked about this you habitual liar.Last edited by brooks85; 02-25-16, 02:39 PM.Comment -
the idiot speaks.. and further establishes what an idiot he is ... lol think before you post jay which also brings back up the question why you even post anyways? You've already shown and most importantly admitted what an idiot you are so any time you agree with someone you're basically insulting them lolLast edited by brooks85; 02-25-16, 02:40 PM.Comment -
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technically you should proving your lies true but thankfully you got me
climate change
your lie about more people leaving the U.S. than entering
walls not working
mexico won't pay for our wall
you thinking your proved me wrong by posting 2050 UK demographics
just off the top of my head you little liar youComment -
Unfortunately i can see his post since u quoted him. Same old nonsense he writes to everyone LMFAO. HOw he proves people wrong all the time. He actually believes this shit lol. Now remember this is a clown who is a union card carrying member who has far right views. I have a guy at work that is as dumb as this dik Brooks. Big Trump supporter. I asked him how in the world could he be against tariffs and single payer but support Trump? He now supports tariffs lol. I said the Dems been screaming for years about this is because it came from them that all of a sudden u have done a 180 on your positions? These assholes are so unreachable. He has no answers. These Trump supporters who have completely flopped on their positions just because it came from the wrong messenger (democrats) are fukin pathetic. Its the same thing with Climate change. The message came from a Democrat (Gore) so they are totally against it. Trump isn't retarded and knows he needs these nitwits to vote for him. The real sad part is that i may vote for him to but for very different reason. If hillary wants single payer she has no shot to get it. If Trump wants it we have a shot. That is how pathetic it is.Comment -
^lol get a kick out of seeing thor post his lies over and over then he goes around agreeing with people. In reality he is essentially sinking their ship based on his post history.Last edited by brooks85; 02-26-16, 01:20 PM.Comment -
Yeah old brooks is a special guy. He's one of those paranoid libertarian neoliberal crypto fascist types. Everything is a conspiracy & everyone is out to get him. He has to buy a new gun every week to make himself feel better.
If you ask him, he's the smartest person you will ever meet. But he basically has about 6 comebacks/replies he uses all the time. I like to call them brooksisums, or douchebaggery. LOL
I sum him up this way
"Thick as a brick" is a phrase meaning stubbornly dumb, as one's head is so thick that no new thoughts can enter it. The song starts with Ian Anderson expressing his low expectations for his target ("I may make you feel but I can't make you think") before singing about class structures, conformity, and the rigid moralistic beliefs of the establishment that perpetuates it.
The song follows a young boy who sees two career paths: soldier and artist. He chooses the life of a soldier, just like his father. We see him assimilate into the society he once rebelled against, becoming just like his dad.
My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT.
"Persecution Smith" - Bob Seger and the Last Heard
He rises every morning but he don't look at the sundisenfranchised conservatives angry at the system & feel there lives are being taken away. So they latch on to the Trump penis/alpha male, because they really want to be told what to do & secretly like being dominated. At least that's the way I see it.
He reaches in the corner where he keeps his loaded gun
Then he checks the firing action,as he straps it to his chest
Plans an ambush for the mailman,even though it's all in jest
Yeah the Trump love is a funny thing. I think most of these guys are
Boy I will have eat some shit for this post. But who cares FUKEM
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I you go by history and today, conservatives are followers. The Quakers, the Amish, the Mormons or any religious cult. All structured. Look at Fox news. All suit and ties, hair parted to the side and all the women wear dresses.
All told what to do and how to act. They fall in accordingly. Usually scared. Make mountains of molehills out of fear.
They have to secretly like the muslim world where the man is king. I say move, I'll help you pack.Comment -
the two liars agreeing on something. What a surprise..Comment -
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^twisted some one who keeps repeating false statements... oh what is that called khicks?
sorry I didn't quote urban dictionary... I guess I'm not as dumb as you huh? or was it you knew it was a wrong thing to do and did it anyways? You certainly tried to cover it up like a fool... quoted in legal cases... lolComment -
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He's only here to troll Jay. Putting himself out there leaves him open to ridicule.
