02-13-2017, 05:11 PM
(02-13-2017, 04:51 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:No-one here would think you are likely to join the Democratic Party. Independent is a good thing to be. But registering Democrat does not compel you to have any particular opinion or go along with anything. Nice bit of sarcasm there, but if that's your reason to stay independent, more power to you.(02-13-2017, 01:44 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Classic, you are a Republican voter, and your ideas are classic Republican. If you are not registered that way, then perhaps that means you can be independent of those policies if you want to be. I am not a Democrat, so I guess the same applies to me. You can hope!I prefer to keep my political options open. Plus, I'm pro choice for now anyway. The Democratic party is like the Catholic Church, they have too many rules and restrictions for me to even consider becoming a member. Let see, I have to bow down to woman who wear vagina hats. I would have to suck up to black leaders that I don't like personally and I couldn't hang around with the regular black people that I do like personally. I would have to go along with whatever rich people like Al Gore or Hilary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi or John Kerry's wife believes to be most important issues that need to be addressed. I can't offend anyone or say anything that might offend someone unless it's a Republican or a Republican voter. Fuck that! I prefer to keep my freedom.
I hate to tell ya, but these days, Xers have a more Democratic voting record than Boomers. And we are not wealthier than Europe, except perhaps that we have more rich people.
In 2012, the voting trends of the middle class was about average for the nation:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/22/news/eco...-election/
Americans feel that the Republican Party favors the rich:
http://www.citylab.com/work/2016/02/pew-...at/459768/
The economy does better under Democrats:
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/28/these_5_...residents/
What Democrats and liberals like me realize, is the simple principle that we all do better when the government has policies that benefit people and help lift them out of poverty. It's true that those who get benefits, tend to vote Democratic; at least that's true in blue states. But many others simply realize that this approach works better than just leaving people to fend for themselves, as Bill Clinton said. Giving advantages to the rich that they already have anyway, in hopes their wealth will trickle-down to the rest of us, does not work. And voting for this policy is not in anyone's interests.
If you refer to me, that shows your interest in what I say.
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Quote:Why are you complaining to me about a blue issue? There's not enough federal funds trickling down for the rest of us is a blue government issue. Bitching about me, bitching at me, blaming me and calling me names isn't going to resolve the issue that blues are having with blue government and the Democratic party in general. I fend for myself. I've been fending for myself and my family for years. What the problem with the blue folks? Didn't anyone teach them how to fend for themselves or the value of being able to fend for themselves?
Eric, I haven't placed you on ignore or ignored you.
The benefits that Republicans say will trickle down are mostly not federal funds; you know that. It's the supposed benefit from the "job creaters" that they are touting. No, giving tax breaks and subsidies and lax regulations to big business doesn't trickle-down to you and me. But that is the main tenet in the Republican program. The only problem with you and others who vote Republican is your vote. That's the problem; it has kept the Republican Party in power for 40 years now, and our nation is going down the tubes as a result. My only problem with Democratic politicians is that they give in to the Republicans too often. They need to stand firm now and oppose Trump and the GOP.
The Republicans; they're not sending their best. They're bringing greed, they're bringing hate; they're liars-- and some, I assume, are good people.
It's the worst Republicans that get elected to the state legislatures, the congress and the White House.