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Originally Posted by Icky Thump
One side brought us closer to national health care. The other ended Roe v. Wade. One of those things is not like the other.
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Agreed, but in aggregate, the difference I noted remains.
If you're a small or mid-sized businessperson, you want Rs. They aren't likely to create any new taxes or regulations on you, or expand enforcement in any way (small and mid-sized businesses operate in numerous compliance "grey zones"). They also tend to cut taxes and preside over more lax lending practices by capital providers. These things, among many more, help businesspeople and result in more hiring.
Democrats focus on the desperate more than the workers or the small businesspeople who employ them. I'm not saying this as a criticism, by the way. That's a valid approach. But Democrats tend to regulate more often, and more aggressively enforce it. They tend to pass new laws that make it difficult to employ people. More Ds = More rules. It's a reality, not a stereotype. Ds have a tendency to try to control things, to intervene in commerce in manners that protect those with no power. This can be helpful. It can also be counterproductive. More rules and things like higher minimum wages lead historically to less hiring. More taxes have this effect as well.
The truly poor are better off under Democrats. People who are generally dependent on the govt are as well. People who want to build small businesses and who work in them are better off under Republicans.
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