[DMCForum] Re: Class warfare. It's the motivating factor behind the left's economic policy.
From: "wayofcain" <wayofcain@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:45:40 -0000
I have one question.
What is the motivating factor behind all of this arguing?
No one is trading sides or changing their mind so it seems like it's
just a stalemate.
I have kept all of my opinions to myself in the hope that this will
blow over and someone will mention the Delorean again before November.
Cain Grimes
002835
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
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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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