Re: just politics
Monkey Pi wrote:
pTooner wrote:
Which reminds me of a quote that goes "Poor people have been voting
democratic for 50 years and they are still poor. Hmmmm"
Gerry
Have you taken a look at the map of how the red voting followed the
Appalachian mountains this month? Ever looked at a breakdown of which
states give the most in taxes and which take the most in benefits?
I think you're laboring under the falsehood that most poor in America
are what you'd codeword "Urban". I believe that most of the poor are out
in what you'd codeword "Real America". Those folks vote as red as what
their hair ain't long enough to cover.
Monkey Pi
Well, first off I don't use "codewords" at all. However, from an income
standpoint you can live pretty good in Appalachia on income that
wouldn't even pay your rent in Detroit. That's one of the problems with
setting poverty levels. An engineer friend a few years back was offered
a job in NYC at a pay increase of about 50%. She did the math including
checking local tax rates and apartment rentals and discovered she was
looking at a pay cut.
Oh, and lastly, it was just an anecdote and I didn't originate it.
However the Dems always claim that Republicans are rich people.
Gerry
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