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Old 2012-08-29, 19:36   Link #41
Ledgem
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Urzu 7 View Post
What I don't get is what I heard on TV yesterday. The biggest group of Romney supporters is white, male, BLUE COLLAR workers. What? Romney is so out of touch with the common American and people who have to work hard to support their families and themselves. This is the guy that thinks corporations are people. Apparently, Romney thinks these 'people' (corporations) deserve a lot more freedoms, rights, and compassion than homosexuals and women. SMH - Actually, you could say that for a lot of GOP officials. SMH x 100
A lot of people either aren't thinking things through, or they're buying the arguments that are presented to them. There's this idea that if corporations are unleashed (basically, remove tax burdens and operating restrictions) then they'll magically bring about prosperity, creating jobs and bringing money in to the economy.

Of course, it ignores the fact that effective corporate taxes in America are the lowest that they have ever been in history. It also ignores the fact that corporations are profit-driven entities, and something that has massively driven their profits has been offshoring jobs. That's fantastic for China, India, Vietnam, and the other countries that received work that was formerly carried out by Americans, but it's not so great for the American workers. But people are basically believing what they want. There isn't any real alternative plan of action for how to get the economy going like it used to be (not surprising, particularly since the economies of nearly every country are struggling), so people cling to the hope that this line of action might actually do something. It's more reassuring to feel like you're doing something than to "wait and see."

It's also worth noting that many of these people don't necessarily like Romney or identify with him. They're just voting for "not Obama."
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