Quote Originally Posted by maxwell44
I'll honestly never understand why middle-class conservative voters knee-jerkingly blame everything on higher taxes on the rich, bigger government, and individual irresponsibility. How the hell do middle-class voters lap this shit up when the foremost problem is income disparity and the factors that play into widening gap:

The top 5% richest people in the U.S. seriously have 90% of the overall wealth!!!

Doesn't sound too socialist or communist to me.. Sounds like a plutocracy--where rich people revolve in and out of public office deregulating their respective markets, only to return to that world to reep the easier profits they've sown for themselves.

Policy actually matters in the real world, and shit isn't simply resolved by brandishing a teabag and saying stupid untrue shit that confuses dumb and old people--thus causing inertia in the process because we have to convince half the country that there's such things as facts and data that can be used to find solutions to real problems.

Instead of worshiping DC's like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman (lol!!!!these are the tea parties actual leaders!!! shameless) try actually supporting real third-party movements whose members have more in common than just the piss and vinegar in their blood.

Peace
Yea......its NOT THE GOVT.'s PLACE to decide how much money people can make and what they can do with it.....thats the PEOPLES choice. Sorry, thats NOT how it works here....that top 5% ALREADY pays the majority...let the folks who wanna pay more taxes VOLUNTEER and pay more. The top 5 % can afford to hide their money, and they are in record numbers.