JoeB131
Diamond Member
Some people on this forum marvel that anyone votes against their interest. Personally, I marvel that more people don't. If the true goal of your life is to put others first, and to support your country of your party, you should always be willing to vote against your interests. Not voting against your personal interests in the pursuit of a better life for everyone is the sign of a selfish person, not a healthy, well adjusted, individual.
That works on the philosophy that when you vote for the interests of the wealthy over your own, it is good for the country. Usually, it isn't.
Let's take my very favorite one, Free Trade.
It's in the wealthy's interest. It allows them to make bigger profits, crush the middle class by forcing it to accept increasingly lower wages, circumvent common sense environmental and labor laws good people have fought for nearly a century to get.
But where does it help Joe Working Guy? Well, Joe might be able to buy cheaper stuff at Wal-Mart. But that doesn't help when his paycheck goes down.
In fact, the reason why this recession has lasted so long is because EVERYONE has cut back on spending. Get a few more years out of that old car, patch up that old couch when you probably need a new one, and so on.
Of course, the wealthy have gotten very good at propagandizing this point to fool stupid people into voting against their own interests. And if that doesn't work, they always have the Religious distractions. "Hey, I might be moving your good paying job overseas, but that liberal is for gay marriage and abortion!"