The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(07-27-2020, 02:09 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(07-27-2020, 05:43 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(07-26-2020, 07:35 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: So, what's the prize? I hope its not our homes and business's and all our rights related to them because America will unite and kill every one of you. I'm going to give you a hint, you can win wars on poverty by allowing and enabling a steady stream of poverty. Like I said, are you ready for the flood when America soundly rejects the liberal Democrats and forces them to capitulate and hand over the reigns to a stronger more qualified individual American associated with law enforcement vs some worthless hand picked politician/public official associated with Liberal Democratic politics. Dude, only a Liberal hack would see a difference in value  between a black ghetto slug and a white ghetto slug these days.

I guess the bottom line is that the Republican Party from Nixon through Trump had racist and elitist leanings, while the Democrats went for the workers and minorities.  There were just more racist and elite votes than worker or minority.  As a result labor unions were weakened, benefits were cut, jobs were sent overseas, the division of wealth became greater and boy were those working people and minorities kept in their place.

These days, that is becoming less true.  The idea of keeping down the lower classes so white people will be ’above’ minorities seems less attractive.  Black Lives Matter has discredited the racist vote.  We will perhaps return to the working man voting to improve the status of the working man.

That is a good deal of why I’m not so afraid of your Americans.  They will find themselves voting to favor themselves.

Well, the unions slit their own throats by not adapting and changing with the times. You see, the industrialized world that was pummeled during World War II rebuilt and caught up so to speak. Dude, a strong economy and lower taxes across the board favors all working Americans. Blacks Lives Matter is racist and feeding off black racism which why so many Americans are turned off by the name of the organization.

The unions wisely resist any division among workers on an 'us-versus-them' basis. Employers have often sought to pit one ethnic group against another in efforts to destroy unions, create factions within them, and of course set one ethnic group against another by giving opportunities to undercut union wages. 

Labor unions were heavily involved in the Civil Rights struggle in the 1960's  for many reasons, including individual conscience. Figure that ahite workers were more likely to have solidarity with black workers in the same unionized plant  than to show sympathy with racist thugs who attacked peaceful protesters with water cannons and police tigers -- excuse me, dogs.

A stronger economy is one in which the jobs pay well -- not one in which public services are awful.

Surely you do not recognize the great difference between the 1950's and the last couple decades in tax policy and real wages. In the 1950's taxes were extremely high upon 'unearned' income. Small business had an advantage in competing with corporate behemoths in banking, retail, and even manufacturing. Mom-and-pop operations were much more the norm than is so today. The tax code gives a veritable flat tax on business income whether the corporation is a family restaurant  that brings in $240 K for a family of six or Exxon-Mobil. The current tax code favors monopolization and vertical integration, and of course we know of the gigantic salaries of business executives. Back in the 1950's a business executive was someone who typically started om the shop floor or in the mail room and worked his way up the ladder. That's practically impossible now as the executive elite has practically become hereditary and uses its power to determine compensation. 

The typical executive of the GI generation had served in the Second World War (if he was in the middle-to-late wave), which is in marked contrast to the draft-dodgers so common among Boomer executives who look down upon Vietnam-era veterans as losers. The low, rigid glass ceiling is the norm in Corporate America.