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I disagree:
Every businessman knows this; that is why the "loss leader" or the giveaway is such a powerful marketing tool. Obama's America is one in which free stuff is given away: the adults among the 47,000,000 on food stamps clearly recognized for whom they should vote, and so they did, by the tens of millions; those who - courtesy of Obama - receive two full years of unemployment benefits (which, of course, both disincentivizes looking for work and also motivates people to work off the books while collecting their windfall) surely know for whom to vote. The lure of free stuff is irresistible.
Almost half of the population has no skin in the game - they don't care about high taxes, promoting business, or creating jobs, nor do they care that the money for their free stuff is being borrowed from their children
It is impossible to imagine a conservative candidate winning against such overwhelming odds. People do vote their pocketbooks. In essence, the people vote for a Congress who will not raise their taxes, and for a President who will give them free stuff, never mind who has to pay for it.
To the Bolded: Who are you referring to?
Also to the italics: Please explain where the author is incorrect?
I'm referring to the people who are on thise board all day, who apparently don't have jobs, who piss and moan about them "welfare" people when they collect their own "entitlements". Someone like a certain poster here who lives at home at 26, can't get a job because his bipolar disorder makes him unemployable, but man, he'll totally vote for the REpublicans because they are right with Jesus.
As for the Author, he's a ******* retard.
Here's the reality. 40% of households on food stamps have at least one family member with a job.
For unemployment, the disincentive to getting off of it is that employers will happily poach another company's employees, but won't look at you if you've been laid off.
The reality is this chart.
working people have never been working harder or more efficiently, but lo and behold, what hasn't gone up is their wages.