[DMCForum] Class warfare. It's the motivating factor behind the left's economic policy.

["Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Class warfare. It's the motivating factor behind the left's economic policy.

 
Anybody who has even a passing interest in politics has by now heard the
overused liberal cliches. The wealthy are referred to as "the winners of
life's lottery" while the lower economic classes are frequently labeled "the
working poor" or "working families." 
 
The class warfare mantra reached a crescendo last week as Congress finished
its work on President Bush's second round of tax cuts. Democrats, who are
unable to say "tax cut" without adding the phrase "for the rich" in the same
breath, attempted to beat down the legislation from which every single
American who pays income taxes will benefit. 
 
By the way liberals attack the wealthy, one would think the Democratic Party
consists largely of citizens with meager finances who are inherently averse
to money and wealth. However, just beneath the veneer of pretending to care
about the underprivileged (strictly for political gain, mind you), lies a
crop of hypocritical politicians who are rather well off themselves. 
 
Here are a few examples: 
 
1. Nine of the twelve richest members of the U.S. Senate are Democrats. By
far the wealthiest senator, presidential hopeful John F. Kerry, is worth
$675 million by virtue of having married into the Heinz family. Another
contender for the Democratic nomination, John Edwards, a trial lawyer from
North Carolina, is worth $15 million. More rich Democrats in the U.S. Senate
include Jon Corzine, $400 million; Herb Kohl, $300 million; Jay Rockefeller,
$200 million; Diane Feinstein, $50 million; Ted Kennedy, $30 million; and
Maria Cantwell, $10 million. (Source: Roll Call) 
 
Despite their claim of caring for us average citizens, 46 out of 48 Senate
Democrats, including all eight of the aforementioned wealthy party members,
voted against sending rebate checks of $400 to taxpayers as a result of a
retroactive increase in the child tax credit. They also voted against
expanding the 10% tax bracket, which also happens to be the lowest tax
bracket, from $12,000 to $14,000. Combined, these two components alone will
save a working family of four $900 a year. If Democrats had their way, that
same family would save $0. 
 
2. During the 2002 election cycle, Republicans raised $68 million from those
who made campaign contributions of $200 to $999. Democrats took in $44
million. From those who gave between $1,000 and $9,999, Republicans again
out-raised Democrats, $206 million to $167 million. However, from those who
contributed more than $10,000, Democrats raised $140 million to the GOP's
$111 million. And among those who gave in excess of $100,000, Democrats
collected $72 million to the Republicans' $34 million. Finally, from those
who poured in more than a million dollars, Democrats took home a cool $36
million to the GOP's $3 million. (Source: Center for Responsive Politics) 
 
So, the Republican Party raised a total of $384 million last election cycle
to the Democrats' $350 million, but the GOP attracted 40 percent more
individuals donors. In short, Republicans raised the most money from those
who gave least, but among the super-wealthy? The Democrats were easily the
party of choice. (So much for Republicans being the party of the rich.) 
 
3. Former Vice President Al Gore, who has baled much political hay from the
class warfare strategy by pretending to be the champion of the poor and
downtrodden, is currently mending fences at his $2 million Belle Meade
estate. And former President Bill Clinton, who "felt our pain" while he was
in office, now owns mansions in Washington and New York with his wife,
Senator Hillary Clinton. 
 
One has to question the sincerity of rich Democrats who claim to bear a
burden for those "on the bottom" of society. This is not to say that all
Democrats are disingenuous, but when 96 percent of its members vote against
allowing working Americans to keep more of their own money, it is impossible
to ignore the hypocrisy. Can these wealthy Democrats possibly "feel the
pain" of the masses when they are so far removed from mainstream America? I
doubt it. That Democrats benefit largely from the campaign contributions of
the wealthy, unlike their Republicans counterparts, is further proof of that
disconnect. 


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