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OldBaldy1701E

(7,695 posts)
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 03:23 PM Monday

I find this very interesting.



This chart is nothing surprising. However, I do find the last stat to be very telling and interesting.

VERY interesting... because that last stat line is not solely rethugs. The numbers show it cannot be.

So...
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I find this very interesting. (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Monday OP
The very rich trick the poor into voting against their own best interests. usonian Monday #1
Tariffs very regressive tax, hits over 100K much less. Plus they still hope for deregulation & richie tax cuts. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #2
Yes, they do. OldBaldy1701E Monday #3
Not following your logic. SharonClark Monday #4
I did not say I did not expect it. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #5
Maybe it's Male privilege since his approvals among males JI7 Tuesday #6
I'd believe that. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #9
This is absolutely the truth blubunyip Tuesday #8
You grok well! OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #10
Right blubunyip 18 hrs ago #12
The Chart Is A Disgustingly Accurae Portrayal Of Our Nation's Woes MayReasonRule Tuesday #7
This hit me the other day, what do you think? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #11

usonian

(17,213 posts)
1. The very rich trick the poor into voting against their own best interests.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 04:57 PM
Monday


There are fewer of them and except for Elon, they only vote once, not hundreds of thousands of times over.


Bernardo de La Paz

(54,819 posts)
2. Tariffs very regressive tax, hits over 100K much less. Plus they still hope for deregulation & richie tax cuts. . . . nt
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 06:32 PM
Monday

OldBaldy1701E

(7,695 posts)
3. Yes, they do.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 08:48 PM
Monday

But my point was that those above that number are more inclined to agree with what that orange gibbon is doing. Because they are rich and will benefit regardless of how things play out. Those rich people are not just republicans.

So, why are the non-rethugs approving of what is going on? (Because this is not a partisan issue. And, if we keep on addressing it as such, we are going to end up in complete ruins. Will we finally stop pretending that the rethugs are the only ones responsible for that number? Will we finally admit that this unfettered greed-induced capitalism is behind most, if not all, of what is going on? )

SharonClark

(10,460 posts)
4. Not following your logic.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 09:32 PM
Monday

The last line 52% support Trump in 47% do not. The 52% could be mostly Republicans some independence and a few Democrats.

Polling I’ve seen has never shown 100% of Republicans or 100% of Democrats supporting any issue. Why would you not expect a few percentages of Democrats making over 180K to support Trump?

OldBaldy1701E

(7,695 posts)
5. I did not say I did not expect it.
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 06:25 AM
Tuesday

I asked, what are we going to do about it?

Money rules this country. Not rethugs, not Democrats, not stupid, spoiled nepo-babies. Money. Which now is concentrated in the hand of a very few, some of whom have shown themselves to be very dangerous to our society. Thanks to money being the real god, they get away with more than murder and we just shrug. You still want it to remain this way?

I sure don't.

blubunyip

(105 posts)
8. This is absolutely the truth
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 07:23 AM
Tuesday

This entire country is controlled by the wealthy--and like you say, it's not all Rethugs supporting that situation. A substantial number of Democrats do also. They believe they're not so bad, but they're fooling themselves.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,695 posts)
10. You grok well!
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:04 PM
Tuesday

The system is too corrupted now. We need to stop thinking that we are beholden to their societal model.

We aren't.

blubunyip

(105 posts)
12. Right
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 06:48 PM
18 hrs ago
We all can imagine a far less corruptible system based on original democratic principles. We all know that multiple sorely needed changes are possible. We all are now seeing the worst of what can happen in unregulated, winner-take-all Vulture Capitalism.

No more wishful imaginings. This cannot continue.

MayReasonRule

(3,174 posts)
7. The Chart Is A Disgustingly Accurae Portrayal Of Our Nation's Woes
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 06:43 AM
Tuesday

Here's to the restoration of our freedoms through a return to reason's rule...

OldBaldy1701E

(7,695 posts)
11. This hit me the other day, what do you think?
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 10:06 PM
Tuesday

"Believing in reason does not require a reason."

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