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I sure would like to see a lot of replies to this comment, from the left and the right. That quote is quite thought-provoking. Playing the thought experiment t
by dgfitz 5y ago
I sure would like to see a lot of replies to this comment, from the left and the right.
That quote is quite thought-provoking. Playing the thought experiment that the former president is on to something, it seems ironic that the left claim to badly want to help the poor and underprivileged where (it seems) a decent-sized sub-group of said poor and underprivileged are of right persuasion.
- glangdale 5y agoIt's not inconsistent to want to 'badly want to help' groups that aren't on your political side. I may be a left-liberal, but working class conservatives arguing for lower taxes are in fact arguing for an arrangement that would benefit me far more than it would benefit them.
- dgfitz 5y agoYou ignored the Obama quote. It also sounds like you’re saying you know what’s best for an entire class of people. Is that accurate?
- heurisko 5y agoRight and left are as much personality traits, as political opinions. The conservative working class doesn't necessarily want tax breaks and handouts, especially if structural problems remain, like the complete capitulation to artificially lower price goods coming from China's command economy.