Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
Nines, we know you're a rabid MAGA...and one of the prominent features of MAGA is that they gloss over who they are and usually stay quiet about their most obnoxious beliefs.
I don't think I have to define "rich." It's in the dictionary. But let's say, just for grins...the top 10 percent in terms of either assets, income, or both. Fair?
What policies have the Republicans historically favored?
Lower taxes. Favors the wealthy.
Fewer government benefits, especially for the poor. Favors the wealthy.
Less government spending, except on what Republicans like. Favors the wealthy.
Rabid hostility to immigrants. Actually hurts the wealthy, but they think the opposite. Racial purity, and all that.
Less, and ideally no, government regulation of business and industry. Favors the wealthy.
Minimal or no banking regulations--Wild West and crypto. Favors the wealthy.
Opposition to education at all levels. Favors the wealthy--hire only minimum wage workers.
But since you view Pew Research as gospel: here's an article from 2012.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/08/sdt-rich-poor-082712.pdf
And even viewing through your distorted MAGA lens, you'd have to agree that policies that help the poor are far more favored by Democrats than by Republicans, yes? And vice versa for policies that help the rich, such as massive tax breaks for the rich that explode the deficit and make it harder for the average Joe to get by?
So we don't have to do a head count, and we really can't, since people don't report their assets or income when they vote. But the ideological divide is stark and clear.
The ONLY thing that is "stark and clear" is the $8 TRILLION dollars the brain dead Biden DemocRats added to the national debt the past 4 years.
