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In reply to the discussion: I thought this was interesting about stereotypes. [View all]gvstn
(2,805 posts)That vote on one issue--taxes. As long as they keep even a single dollar more in their wallet they don't care about anyone else when it comes to their vote.
Unfortunately, they help justify this greed to themselves by memorizing and repeating the talking points about how lazy poor people are or how they are using the system to get "free" health care or abusing the nutritional assistance programs. On one had they are kind people to their family or friends but are outraged that someone is getting treated for a wound in an ER on "their" tax dollars.
What gets me is that most of these people and I admit they are mostly friends of my mother and retired, have the money they do because during their work years wages were better, pensions were better, health care was covered almost 100% by employers and the stock market reflected businesses that were in it for the long haul and reinvested profits to keep the company profitable and stable. So many of the people they disparage don't have the same opportunity starting out as they did.