You see it all the time, the richest areas are reliably Liberal, from Manhattan’s Upper West Side, to Palm Beach Florida to the tony sections around Boston, all those neighborhoods are reliably Left-wing.
When working-class voters vote for Conservatives, Liberal Democrats love to rail, “They’re voting AGAINST their own best interests,” so it would stand to reason that wealthy Liberals are voting against theirs, right?
Could it be that "Liberal wealthy people are consistently voting AGAINST their best interests, out of some misguided sense of altruism?
Hardly likely, in fact, virtually and universally NOT.
The fact is that Liberalism/socialism, even Corporatism favors the rich.
High tax rates tax wealth creation NOT accrued wealth.
Excessive regulation serves to protect already established enterprises from the vicissitudes of the market.
Such policies harm those striving to do better (that’s EVERYONE who isn’t already wealthy), while protecting the truly rich at everyone else’s expense.
On the other hand, more social programs HARM working-class people the most, since the tax burden for maintaining them falls to “the higher income earners,” and NOT the “truly rich.”
What about helping make the poor more productive and getting them out of poverty?
OK, how about it?
How does that HELP the working and middle class?
Quite frankly, it DOESN’T. In fact, IF government programs COULD make the poor more competitive, that would only serve to increase the competition for the good jobs that those working and middle class folks rely on for their lifestyles.
There’s absolutely no benefit accrued to working and middle class people from increased social spending.
How about government sponsored healthcare?
Again, that’s a boon to Corporations and local Municipalities, which now cover over 91% of American workers!
A whopping 40% of those uncovered by health insurance are illegal workers, which is why Barack Obama recently backed away from covering “the 15% of workers here who don’t have health insurance,” he ran from the issue of insuring illegal immigrants/migrant workers, since over 80% Americans OPPOSE that.
So, what good would a watered down government managed healthcare program (complete with health care rationing) do for the over 90% of Americans already insured?
Right, it would only diminish their coverage.
But major Corporations would instantly become more profitable by jettisoning those costs and that would greatly benefit those Corporations, the tens of thousands of local Municipalities and both the investors and CEOs of those Corporations – the ALREADY RICH!
Liberals might well argue, “What do those people get from tax dollars going to law enforcement and the Military?”
Well, a hell of a lot more than they do from any social spending, that’s for sure. America’s military arm has been its most effective “diplomatic tool.” It has inflicted “diplomacy” on the likes of Hitler, Tojo, the “Communist Menace”, or “Evil Empire” and recently both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. While at home, law enforcement and our criminal justice system have kept the non-productive from consistently and significantly inflicting harm upon their more productive neighbors. Come to think of it, that’s the ONLY area where working and middle class taxpayers get any bang for their buck from the government.
Apparently, working and middle class people aren’t supposed to know any of that.
Whoops! I sure hope I didn’t let the cat out of the bag.
When working-class voters vote for Conservatives, Liberal Democrats love to rail, “They’re voting AGAINST their own best interests,” so it would stand to reason that wealthy Liberals are voting against theirs, right?
Could it be that "Liberal wealthy people are consistently voting AGAINST their best interests, out of some misguided sense of altruism?
Hardly likely, in fact, virtually and universally NOT.
The fact is that Liberalism/socialism, even Corporatism favors the rich.
High tax rates tax wealth creation NOT accrued wealth.
Excessive regulation serves to protect already established enterprises from the vicissitudes of the market.
Such policies harm those striving to do better (that’s EVERYONE who isn’t already wealthy), while protecting the truly rich at everyone else’s expense.
On the other hand, more social programs HARM working-class people the most, since the tax burden for maintaining them falls to “the higher income earners,” and NOT the “truly rich.”
What about helping make the poor more productive and getting them out of poverty?
OK, how about it?
How does that HELP the working and middle class?
Quite frankly, it DOESN’T. In fact, IF government programs COULD make the poor more competitive, that would only serve to increase the competition for the good jobs that those working and middle class folks rely on for their lifestyles.
There’s absolutely no benefit accrued to working and middle class people from increased social spending.
How about government sponsored healthcare?
Again, that’s a boon to Corporations and local Municipalities, which now cover over 91% of American workers!
A whopping 40% of those uncovered by health insurance are illegal workers, which is why Barack Obama recently backed away from covering “the 15% of workers here who don’t have health insurance,” he ran from the issue of insuring illegal immigrants/migrant workers, since over 80% Americans OPPOSE that.
So, what good would a watered down government managed healthcare program (complete with health care rationing) do for the over 90% of Americans already insured?
Right, it would only diminish their coverage.
But major Corporations would instantly become more profitable by jettisoning those costs and that would greatly benefit those Corporations, the tens of thousands of local Municipalities and both the investors and CEOs of those Corporations – the ALREADY RICH!
Liberals might well argue, “What do those people get from tax dollars going to law enforcement and the Military?”
Well, a hell of a lot more than they do from any social spending, that’s for sure. America’s military arm has been its most effective “diplomatic tool.” It has inflicted “diplomacy” on the likes of Hitler, Tojo, the “Communist Menace”, or “Evil Empire” and recently both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. While at home, law enforcement and our criminal justice system have kept the non-productive from consistently and significantly inflicting harm upon their more productive neighbors. Come to think of it, that’s the ONLY area where working and middle class taxpayers get any bang for their buck from the government.
Apparently, working and middle class people aren’t supposed to know any of that.
Whoops! I sure hope I didn’t let the cat out of the bag.
