my dad was always kind of amused at how people he knew would directly vote against their current financial interests. He said they were all expecting to be rich in the future and didn’t want to have to pay extra taxes. this made him laugh. they can always switch to become republicans after they hit it big, he said.

not saying that voting your interests is good, or even that you can necessarily know your interests. but it is kind of amusing that people in the USA all expect to have tax problems from large source sof income shortly…statsitically, this is not going to be a major problem for most people…