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senseandsensibility

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7. They do care about their own

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 31, 2023, 06:34 PM

Mar 2023

tax rate. I'm not talking about the prosperous dual income high earners here. I'm talking about the super rich. And their own tax rate is extremely important to them. The racism is obviously there, but they use it as a tool to get poor whites to vote for politicians that will keep their taxes low.

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The real reason they don't like woke [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 2023 OP

They get all hysterical Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #1

Yes, I just wish the Dems senseandsensibility Mar 2023 #2

It's because woke people can see what assholes they are... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #3

Exactly. senseandsensibility Mar 2023 #4

I don't believe people like DeSantis take marching orders Demanchor Mar 2023 #5

Nah, it's the racism. The rich don't give a shit about taxes -- unless it means people get WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #6

They do care about their own senseandsensibility Mar 2023 #7

To them, woke means three things: usonian Mar 2023 #8

The only true restriction on billionaires is democracy TomDaisy Mar 2023 #9

You said a lot with few words senseandsensibility Apr 2023 #11

Woke to them means "aware" and "alert" Baked Potato Mar 2023 #10

Being empathetic is anti republican RANDYWILDMAN Apr 2023 #12

No need to over-think it. The answer is simple ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #13