From all available evidence there is no need to add the qualifier “by contrast” to that statement. The problem is that it seems about half of the American elect

From all available evidence there is no need to add the qualifier “by contrast” to that statement. The problem is that it seems about half of the American electorate support the Koch’s and others like them for ideological reasons. As a non-American it’s a really strange thing to see. Dirt poor families from generations of bad education and dirt poor seem to think distant billionaires have their best interests at heart. They all seem to think they’re about to join the ranks of those billionaires any day now, and they’d hate the idea of hurting their prospects. It’s so weird...