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2016 Postmortem

marybourg

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27. They are misled about what IS their interest.

Reply to akbacchus_BC (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:14 PM

Dec 2016

They think it's in their interest to have the rich (>$5.5 mil for singles, $10 mil for couples) pay no estate tax when they die. Why? Because they've been misled into believing that if they're lucky enough to be left their parents $90,000 house or a great-uncle's $200,000 stock portfolio they're going to have to pay a "death tax".

They get their news from one-line on the hour news bulletins and RW talk; maybe cable; they don't read anything. It's easy to mislead them with a word or a meme.

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I keep asking myself, why do some people vote against their own interests! [View all] akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 OP

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The thing is, she embraced some of Bernie's policies, she advocated for them and in my heart akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #4

I cannot argue with you on that, however, Bernie pulled her a little bit to the left, which is good. akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #6

good q oldtime dfl_er Dec 2016 #3

Not only that, the polls pundit fooled us. akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #5

I think that's it. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #28

They are more concerned with having greater opportunity and having "freedom" andym Dec 2016 #7

Thank you. How could trump supporters not see he was lying to them? Were they so bad off before? akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #8

Why do people continue to buy cars from used car dealers with abysmal reputations? andym Dec 2016 #9

Because they are silly. If you look at some of the court cases on TV akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #11

Yes Americans are gullible enough andym Dec 2016 #14

What IS the matter with Kansas? SpareribSP Dec 2016 #10

Not sure what you are trying to say! Sorry! akbacchus_BC Dec 2016 #12

A bit of backstory SpareribSP Dec 2016 #13

One of the problems with that Salon critique BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #20

- Bigredhunk Dec 2016 #15

Anthropology Bear Creek Dec 2016 #16

Why do people buy lottery tickets? Amimnoch Dec 2016 #17

The swamp Bear Creek Dec 2016 #18

... kebob Dec 2016 #19

They're not voting against their interests EffieBlack Dec 2016 #21

I saw something that they are not voting against their interest Fresh_Start Dec 2016 #22

'they are voting against what we think is their interest' NRQ891 Dec 2016 #23

such as increased minimum wages, right to unionize, healthcare, Fresh_Start Dec 2016 #24

'BTW, the GOP passed NAFTA, the majority of the democrats in congress voted against it. ' NRQ891 Dec 2016 #25

President Bush negotiated NAFTA with Mexico and Canada Fresh_Start Dec 2016 #29

is it wrong to interpret VP Gore's debate with Ross Perot on CNN as support from Clinton? NRQ891 Dec 2016 #30

The mmore reasons I heasr about why so many people voted for the Con, the more I'm napi21 Dec 2016 #26

They are misled about what IS their interest. marybourg Dec 2016 #27