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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's mind boggling to me how the very wealthy in this country
Has convinced the desperately poor to vote for allowing the wealthy to take everything from them. Deny them healthcare a decent job with decent wages. AND an education. A 1/3 of the country is infected with such hate, it is truly burning all of us.
dchill
(38,321 posts)They don't know how under-educated they are.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)A priority in so many states. Even the states that champion education struggle with funding.
dchill
(38,321 posts)onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)samplegirl
(11,415 posts)Its people with good pensions and money in the banks as well! People that you know are educated and should know better!
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)But themselves.
Got a masters degree among other things and I'm poor. And I'm poor because of W and then by the time Obama came around, I was subject to ageism and physical decline. And I can't recall if I've ever voted for anyone but Independents and Democrats.
elleng
(130,153 posts)King_Klonopin
(1,305 posts)1) We, the wealthy and powerful, will share our power with you.
. . . hint: they won't. They will exploit the desperation of the poor.
2) We are concerned about your plight.
. . . hint: they ain't. They are the leading contributor (e.g. the fight against
. . . raising minimum wage, wage disparity, tax cuts for wealthiest, etc.)
3) Only people of low character (i.e. POC) remain in poverty.
. . .You can be wealthy, just like us, because you are just like us.
. . .hint: it's very hard just to climb to the next higher economic rung.
. . . It's easier to win the lottery than become a billionaire. There are
. . . 2,153 billionaires in the U.S, and the total adult population is roughly
. . . 254,000,000 ! That's 0.000008% -- or -- just 8 people out of every
. . . one million. Delusion and fantasy.
4) We are your true saviors. (e.g the job creators, lifting all boats)
. . .hint: they stand against your interests (e.g. labor unions, affordable
. . .health care, affordable education, a minimum living-wage, etc.)
BUT only if you vote for us. . . . suckers . . . .
JudyM
(29,122 posts)Need better sound bites.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,369 posts)― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)than the black and brown poor folks.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)PJMcK
(21,921 posts)So, two things.
1) Vote a straight Democratic ticket in November.
2) Don't watch Fox News.
Have a heart!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, all have been lying their asses off for decades. They use dog whistle phrases and wedge issues like abortion, illegal aliens and until recently the gay agenda.
Propaganda.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)and to change the way we look at how we value both things and people as Andrew Yang is proposing.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)maybe we should be focusing on registering the poor to vote and making certain they have the ability to go vote
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
― Lyndon B. Johnson
Hotler
(11,353 posts)tell middle class people to blame poor people. It's only class warfare when we fight beak.