dagblog - Comments for "Only redistribution from the rich to everybody else can possibly save us" http://dagblog.com/link/only-redistribution-rich-everybody-else-can-possibly-save-us-35058 Comments for "Only redistribution from the rich to everybody else can possibly save us" en Poor whites depend on the http://dagblog.com/comment/313546#comment-313546 <a id="comment-313546"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/313545#comment-313545">A key finding in our studies</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Poor whites depend on the "redistribution" of wealth called the  federal safety net now, ... yet vote white, overwhelmingly Republican ..... (88+%) Romney Trump McConnell ..... (would they vote Commie, libtard, gay wedding cake, ghetto Democrat with even more redistribution?)</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/business/economy/harlan-county-republican-welfare.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/business/economy/harlan-county-republ...</a></p> <p>....Harlan County KY</p> <p>"residents rely on government programs more than pretty much anybody else. ...Harlan County is the nation’s fifth most dependent on federal programs, according to the government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2016 some 54 percent of the income of the county’s roughly 26,000 residents came from programs like Social Security and Medicaid, food stamps — formally known as SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — ..…"</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:24:21 +0000 NCD comment 313546 at http://dagblog.com A key finding in our studies http://dagblog.com/comment/313545#comment-313545 <a id="comment-313545"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/only-redistribution-rich-everybody-else-can-possibly-save-us-35058">Only redistribution from the rich to everybody else can possibly save us</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote> <blockquote> <p>A key finding in our studies is that it really matters when redistributive policies are put in place. Redistribution functions far better as a prevention than a cure for polarization in part for the reason your question suggests: If polarization is already high, redistribution itself becomes the target of polarized attitudes.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:07:05 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 313545 at http://dagblog.com Should work now. Will check http://dagblog.com/comment/313544#comment-313544 <a id="comment-313544"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/only-redistribution-rich-everybody-else-can-possibly-save-us-35058">Only redistribution from the rich to everybody else can possibly save us</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Should work now. Will check going forward to make sure the link posts properly.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:07:04 +0000 HSG comment 313544 at http://dagblog.com no link - your link didn't http://dagblog.com/comment/313506#comment-313506 <a id="comment-313506"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/only-redistribution-rich-everybody-else-can-possibly-save-us-35058">Only redistribution from the rich to everybody else can possibly save us</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>no link - your link didn't take again, you have to edit it in when that happens (is a glitch that happens to all of us from time to time)</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:39:36 +0000 artappraiser comment 313506 at http://dagblog.com