Smedley_buzkill

I read an article by an author named Obinna Onwuchekwa; and it impressed me as worth copying and pasting. It discusses the Liberal claim that blue Liberal states support Conservative (mostly Southern) Red States.


The Southerners who v**e Republican and the Southerners who are poor are two entirely different sets of people. Take a state like Mississippi for instance. In the 2018 senate e******n, 70% of Mississippians with incomes of less than $30k v**ed Democrat[1]. But 75% of Mississippians with incomes over $100k v**ed Republican. When you go to Georgia, you find the same thing. 65% of people with incomes of less than $30k v**ed for Stacey Abrams. But 56% of people with incomes of over $100k v**ed for Brian Kemp. People love to look at poor Southern states and conclude that stupid Southerners are v****g against their economic interests. But if you define “v****g against their economic interests” as v****g Republican, then poor Southerners demonstrably do not v**e against their economic interests.

This is why I roll my eyes when liberals mock red states as “welfare states” and stuff like that. The people who are using welfare in red states aren’t Republicans. If we cut off all welfare spending in red states, it won’t be Republican v**ers who get hurt. I mean, some will get hurt. But Democratic v**ers will get hurt far worse. After all, 63% of Americans who earn less than $30k v**ed for House Democrats in 2018. But 52% of people who earned more than $200k v**ed for Republicans. The story of American redistribution is not blue states subsidizing red states. It is Republican v**ers subsidizing Democratic v**ers.

Did you like how that sounded? I know I didn’t. People need to stop psychoanalysing poor people and how they v**e. Liberals need to stop their criticisms of poor red states and poor Republicans. Conservatives need to stop claiming that black people v**e Democrat because they want welfare cash. Talk like that shows a certain contempt for poor people that I’m not comfortable with.

So, the answer to your question is this: poor people in Louisiana don’t v**e Republican. But rich and middle-class people do. There are more rich and middle-class people in Louisiana than there are poor people. And the idea that Republicans have made Louisiana poorer is, to put it mildly, highly debatable. But that’s a topic for another day.

Wonttakeitanymore

Makes sense the people with higher incomes take less from the government trough!

CodyCoonhound Loc: Redbone Country

Just one thought to add.
1st, how many Republicans use high tech equipment, like phones, notebooks, internet etc.

2nd, where is most of this product coming from or better said where are these companies headquarters? California and other Blue states.

Thus, roughly 50% of the political contributions high tech gives to democrats are actually coming out of Red States.
And when Pelosi says high tech for border, she is rewarding her democrat donors with free range to build contributions back to democrat party into the money government pays for product. Again, roughly 50% comes out of Republican's pockets with no benefit to Republicans monetarily speaking.

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