Why do working class Americans vote against their self interests?

[Carl in Michigan]

They`re proud of their racial hatred. I was a steelworker for 35 years and when it came to voting, I`d say nearly half cared more about their "gun rights" than their jobs. They would never deny a person a chance to mow down a classroom full of 4th graders and their teachers. Yep, guns and race were more important to them. Being 20 miles north of Pittsburgh, I`m less than 10 miles away from people who often don`t have a full set of teeth. I have a rescue wife that I got out of Butler County. That`s the county where Trump was shot at his Klan rally.

You have issues

 

[Stann]

Wrong as usual. We just don't want government to be the end all be all to America's problems.

Wait till you see the bill from trump that s time. Last time was very bad. This time will be much worse.

 

[Stann]

Well, betting on democrats to have your best interests at heart is a sure loser, so enjoy.

Better than betting a total loser like trump.

 

[Robert W]

Take all inheritances over a socially harmless $100,000, and it would gain us $10 trillion a year, which would eliminate all other taxes and pay down the debt. De-funding only those born in the 1% would give us $3 trillion a year.

You hypocrites always tell us to do it on our own, but never follow through about those who'd be nowhere without their trust funds.

Quit groveling before the Young Masters like some gutless peasant. You know perfectly well that their Dead Daddies aren't being taxed.

Why are you so devoted to immense Federal power over we citizens. Don't you read the constitution? We the public are not entitled to the wealth earned by citizens.

 

[Robert W]

Wait till you see the bill from trump that s time. Last time was very bad. This time will be much worse.

Trump believes that we the citizens own the power and not the mob in the DC whitehouse.

 

[Stann]

Why are you so devoted to immense Federal power over we citizens. Don't you read the constitution? We the public are not entitled to the wealth earned by citizens.

Nor do they have a right to own everything and everyone.

 

[Robert W]

Nor do they have a right to own everything and everyone.

They have a right to everything they amassed and that they currently earned. The rich do not own humans. I am not rich. My interest on this matter derives from the constitution. Even the income tax is not legal per the research of Joe Banister who was an enforcer for the IRS.

 

[Stann]

They have a right to everything they amassed and that they currently earned. The rich do not own humans. I am not rich. My interest on this matter derives from the constitution. Even the income tax is not legal per the research of Joe Banister who was an enforcer for the IRS.

The will in time , just several generations , if the death tax is ended.

 

[Robert W]

They have a right to everything they amassed and that they currently earned. The rich do not own humans. I am not rich. My interest on this matter derives from the constitution. Even the income tax is not legal per the research of Joe Banister who was an enforcer for the IRS.

I marked Stann down as not loving freedom of the citizens and favoring the outlandish power of the federal government.

 

[Robert W]

The will in time , just several generations , if the death tax is ended.

Who has the power Stann? Those in the Federal government? Why would we think we have freedom when the feds are so powerful?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

In response to pressure from their shareholders…so they got into the Ponzi scheme of derivatives too late and got spanked

Their shareholders didn't force them to buy subprime mortgages, that was HUD.

Which derivatives did they get into before 2009?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

No, deregulation was a byproduct of Wall Street greed.

And look at what happened to the GSEs market share after 2003.

The bubble didn't start until after then.

And look at what happened to the GSEs market share after 2003.

Tell me, what happened after the government discovered the fraud Franklin Raines and the other Dems committed?

 

[Stann]

I marked Stann down as not loving freedom of the citizens and favoring the outlandish power of the federal government.

Common sense laws which stood the rest of time we long as people believed in decency. Greed should be somewhat controlled.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Common sense laws which stood the rest of time we long as people believed in decency. Greed should be somewhat controlled.

There was no greed during the Internet Bubble while Clinton was President, right?

 

[munkle]

You weren't a steel worker.

 

[daveman]

Wrong as usual. We just don't want government to be the end all be all to America's problems.

There sure are a lot of leftists proud to be dependent on government. They believe it's a positive.

They have a dominant daddy/little girl fetish with government. Of course, the gov't is their daddy, powdering their behinds and holding their hands.

I can't imagine what it must be like going through life so utterly helpless. The problem is, they assume everyone else is just as weak as they are.

 

[Lesh]

Trump believes that we the citizens own the power and not the mob in the DC whitehouse.

Who’s mind reading?

 

[Lesh]

There sure are a lot of leftists proud to be dependent on government. They believe it's a positive.

They have a dominant daddy/little girl fetish with government. Of course, the gov't is their daddy, powdering their behinds and holding their hands.

I can't imagine what it must be like going through life so utterly helpless. The problem is, they assume everyone else is just as weak as they are.

What the fuck are you ranting about now?

 

[daveman]

What the fuck are you ranting about now?

Reality. No wonder you don't recognize it.

 

[daveman]

So, in this thread, there are plenty of leftists who believe the working class vote against their best interests.

Yet not one single leftist has been able to define what's in the working class' best interests.

It boils down to nothing more than KEEP DEMOCRATS IN POWER.

I'm working class, and Democrats in power is NOT in my best interests.