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Re: Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Actually, it's pretty factual. There are more Ds in the country than Rs.
And the measuring stick for stupid fancied today is "votes against policies that would entitle him to more." The Rs who want more entitlements and then vote against people who'd give them those things are indeed stupid. And numerous. But the Rs who vote against their own benefits because they believe the entitlement state is too large, or put fiscal concerns above their own interest, are not stupid.
I'm also not so sure a person who votes based on who will give him more in govt benefits is smart. He's certainly rational, at least in the short term. But such Pavlovian voting ("I vote for he who butters my bread") is often more craven and short-sighted than intelligent.
I struggle to differentiate between he who votes only to avoid taxes and he who votes only to get more from the govt. Both are simply voting short term personal interests. The logic employed is essentially the same.
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Your analysis is limited by your stunted worldview.
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