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In other words, Republicans rely on private citizens and private institutions to get their message out.
Whereas, Democrats rely heavily on uber-rich Hollywood/Media and tax supported institutions like academia and public sector unions spending our tax dollars to get their message out.
Meanwhile, the Dems have non-stop propaganda 24/7 from 90% of the media.
The church is a HEAVILY tax supported institution.
Love the Liberal double-speak.
If a Church doesn't have to give a portion of the money it collects from its congregants (who have already had their income's taxed) to the government - it is somehow HEAVILY tax supported?
You really think that is the same thing as Public Sector unions literally taking our tax dollars away from improving infrastructure, schools and public services and funneling it to campaign for Democrats?
Did you forget that all church "donations" are tax supported? 1/3 of all the church revenue comes from Uncle Sam. And unlike public sector workers, the US is getting NOTHING for that money.
Talk about doublespeak. Public sector unions get money from workers (who have already had their income's taxed) who are getting paid a fair wage for services they are providing. And those services ARE infrastructure, schools and public services. They aren't taking money away from those services...
People donate their own money
Too much of our tax dollars goes to:
- Public Sector unions that use that money for political purposes to elect Democrats (this is a real case of tax dollars subsidizing something)
- Gold plated salaries and benefits keeping our inefficient government bureaucracy living as 1 percenters
Public sector unions get money from workersTrue. Either way, though, the donations on that linked page are peanuts. A few million bucks. That's nothing these days. The Mercers paid more on their own. So did the Kochs.
If a Church doesn't have to give a portion of the money it collects from its congregants (who have already had their income's taxed) to the government - it is somehow HEAVILY tax supported?
They donate 2/3 of their money and 1/3 of the government's money.
Great--let's pass campaign finance reform then! You're on board, right?
And you're the one who needs to stop. You'd have to be woefully uneducated to think any government employee is remotely like a 1%er. The government employees who people think are ridiculously overpaid are at best upper middle class.
I've been working with Public Sector workers for nearly a quarter century in California. Many of them with 6 figure pensions are in the 1%.
https://transparentcalifornia.com/
Kindergarten teachers in my kid's school districts make $80K AND get fat Pensions.
Kindergarten teachers in my kid's school districts make $80K AND get fat Pensions.
socal2 saysKindergarten teachers in my kid's school districts make $80K AND get fat Pensions.
fyi--they contribute to those pensions.
The 1% starts at a salary of $456,000. I don't think you'll find many teachers or government workers in that range no matter what their pension is.
fyi--they contribute to those pensions
There is no way in hell that they contributed enough to make 90% of their final pay for the rest of their lives starting after 30 years of service (typically 55).
Of course not.. Just like you didn't contribute all of your 401K either.
There are company contributions and investment gains.
Trump won because not enough Americans were well informed
American people were emotional and ignorant, and Trump capitalized and exploited
Ignorance won Trump the vote
Trump won because he embraced and elevated what I believe to be the worst in America and in people: anti-intellectualism
The left has embraced this insane idea that the right is not with them because they are ignorant or ill-informed.
Rew saysTrump won because he embraced and elevated what I believe to be the worst in America and in people: anti-intellectualism
This is EXACTLY the type of thinking that will lead the left to lose again in 2020. The left has embraced this insane idea that the right is not with them because they are ignorant or ill-informed. If only they could be guided towards the light surely they would have voted Hillary! I see this false arrogance repeated constantly in political debates. The truth is that the right is not with them because the right has a different set of values and a different view of the role that government should play in people's lives.
Being convinced that a candidate won because his supporters are ignorant and ill-informed is unbelievably arrogant and ignorant in itself.
Oh, do we have to be politically correct now? Is it not OK to point out that Trump won non college grads by 7 pts and lost college grads by 10 pts?
Of course not. You can be anything you want to be. You can also point out anything you want. You can also lose again in 2020.
Being convinced that a candidate won because his supporters are ignorant and ill-informed is unbelievably arrogant and ignorant in itself.
The truth is that the right is not with them because the right has a different set of values and a different view of the role that government should play in people's lives.
I've been working with Public Sector workers for nearly a quarter century in California. Many of them with 6 figure pensions are in the 1%.
This whole Trump thing is the result of Democrats actually being very stupid and UNenlightened, and the pushback catching them with their pants down.
It all comes down to social tendency. Democrats tend to be more trusting of society in general and want to be involved with forming a stronger and more pervasive social structure. This is fine, but doesn’t account for the fact that a good percentage of people are independent minded and want to do things by and for themselves. Both sorts of people are both useful and necessary to make civilization work. Neither side should be marginalized or lose rights or opportunities or they become resentful. When one side becomes so arrogant that they try to completely disenfranchise and negate the other side, this sets society as a whole up for dysfunction and civil strife. That is exactly what’s been happening in america for the past couple decades, however, and it boils down to a simple difference in attitudes.
If Democrats were as enlightened as they claim to be, they wouldn’t attempt to marginalize the other side, but rather attempt to accommodate and incorporate their wishes int...
Ok. So you’ve spent a lot of time focusing on why you hate Democrats
If Democrats were as enlightened as they claim to be, they wouldn’t attempt to marginalize the other side,
Wrong! Try again! I was saying that both conservative and liberals are necessary! And when one group tries to dominate the other as has happened recently, there’s natural pushback and strife!
Quigley saysIf Democrats were as enlightened as they claim to be, they wouldn’t attempt to marginalize the other side,
Quigley saysWrong! Try again! I was saying that both conservative and liberals are necessary! And when one group tries to dominate the other as has happened recently, there’s natural pushback and strife!
Do you actually live on the same planet as I do? You haven't ever seen fox news, listened to am radio, read breitbart, browsed the right wing blogsphere, or seen any of tpb/cic posts somehow? Marginalization of the left has been a very well financed and well organized campaign going on for 50 years that is more and more successful.
It all comes down to social tendency. Democrats tend to be more trusting of society in general and want to be involved with forming a stronger and more pervasive social structure. This is fine, but doesn’t account for the fact that a good percentage of people are independent minded and want to do things by and for themselves. Both sorts of people are both useful and necessary to make civilization work. Neither side should be marginalized or lose rights or opportunities or they become resentful. When one side becomes so arrogant that they try to completely disenfranchise and negate the other side, this sets society as a whole up for dysfunction and civil strife. That is exactly what’s been happening in america for the past couple decades, however, and it boils down to a simple difference in attitudes.
If Democrats were as enlightened as they claim to be, they wouldn’t attempt to marginalize the other side, but rather attempt to accommodate and incorporate their wishes int...
But how on Earth is the answer simply “so we blindly vote and support Republican rule!”
It all comes down to social tendency. Democrats tend to be more trusting of society in general and want to be involved with forming a stronger and more pervasive social structure. This is fine, but doesn’t account for the fact that a good percentage of people are independent minded and want to do things by and for themselves.
Also, the gov is great at safety nets. Unless we want to let people die in the streets or eat cat food in old age, we need gov programs.
I think that the real breakdown of whether you are Dem or Republican these days is if you are a conservative Christian. If you are, then the ongoing culture war between Christian conservatives and the rest of society is going to keep you voting for Republicans even if the vessel is Trump.
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