Posted on 09/06/2006 6:40:42 PM PDT by MNJohnnie
IMHO, the Dems only see opportunity in our misery...
Middle class voters have no real reason to vote democrat when it comes to economic issues. Bad tax policy, anti-business stances and welfare for people who don't work while they struggle to get ahead.
GWB and the current Congress is no friend of fiscal conservatives when it comes to spending but their tax policies have shown a profound respect for people who get up and go to work every day.
What's good news for America is bad for Democrats, what's bad news for America is good Democrats.
It didn't have to be this way, but it is the way they have chosen.
After my divorce, I set up seperate trusts for each of my three kids for their educations. Bush's tax reduction was a blessing for all three of them, for the drop in capital gains taxes helped them out BIG TIME.
During the last election, I wrote to the three of them and explained this to them(the clueless three) and said vote for Bush. They may have?
But to suggest that these tax breaks were for the rich is bizzare. My kids are not rich, tax smart, but not rich.
Dems are the party of union thugs, race-baiters, the lazy, the stupid, and the willfully ignorant. What's a pity is that this is 40% of the population.
You are correct.
They aren't the party of the middle class, but unfortunately, they've imported a lot of poor voters from Mexico, so that the middle class no longer has the power that it once had.
The Dims are also aborting themselves out ov existence.
The middle class voters know that the Dems consider you rich if youre not on welfare, and then the Dems are coming for your money.
Democrat Third Way = Neo-Communist.
Maybe it was Clinton's statement that he may have gone too far with tax increases.
I think its little things like 401k rules where a sudden windfall makes you a "highly compensated employee" and they cut the maximum percentage of pay a middle class person can put into the 401k, thus causing a larger tax burden for a year and less sheltered savings. If you look at this abberation, it only screws the middle class, because truely highly compensated employees put in the maximum allowed for a 401k anyway.
I also think that most people in flyover country (excluding the ones that still continue to put Harkin in the Senate) got and understood the Reagan message. They know that tax cuts benefit everyone, because the increased economic activity means more tax revenues for Government and the individual.
The current crop of Republicans in the House and Senate are squandering their majority status (6 years of wasted time). They are forgetting the Reagan years. It may cost them.
Mike Dewhine sent me something the other day talking about how Sherrod Brown was liberal this and liberal that. He is. But I pointed out in my no money for you statement that is you take out a few thisses, Dewhine looks like a liberal too. I'll vote for Dewhine, but to get a campaign contribution he's gonna have to stand up for all Conservative judicial appointments. I consider Voinovichy a lost cause RINO.
The Dems have been found out to be liars. I have many friends and family that make just above poverty and they all vote Repub. They know that when a Dem says Middle Class they mean the low class sit at home and don't wanna work Class for the most part. They do not want help from the Government they want the Government to LEAVE THEM ALONE.
This is absolutely terrific news. It shows that most people still strongly believe in America and American values. I thought so. It's good to see numbers attached.
Well, you're trolling for them, aren't you?
Actually, only about 10% are race-baiters, lazy, stupid, willfully ignorant, union thugs. The rest are exceedingly wealthy, out of touch, elitist, egotistical people who think the best way to help a bum is pat him on the head and hand him a dollar.
Another problem is that they keep misunderestimating the middle class. Two public school teachers, or a senior level cop and a firedepartment administrator make $100,000. A lot of small businessmen and business women with a few employees make more than that working 80 hour weeks. None of them would regard themselves as anything other than middle class. None of them are in a position to quit tomorrow and live comfortably the rest of their lives.
One economist - whose name I've forgotten - published a chart showing ranges of income vs age. Of course it does a lot to undo "class envy" because you discover the normal course of advancement with age will equalize things a lot, and the real question is whether you are way out of kilter with your age/experience group.
The democrats just simple-mindedly miss all of that.
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