I’ll take a slightly different approach…. NeetaT, I’m not going to berate you for your viewpoints.
I would tend to be more right leaning moderate myself.
I only encourage you to look into what you are saying and ask yourself how awful or bad some of these things really are.
[quote=NeetaT]Oh no! Here I go again. I’m watching Fox News. Those guys are real deplorables.
They believe in:
1.) Low taxes
2.) Limited government
3.) Secure borders
4.) Respect for law enforcement
5.) They are anti affirmative action.
6.) They don’t believe in getting rid of plastic straws.
7.) They don’t believe in making people pay for plastic grocery bags.
8.) They believe in personal responsibility.
9.) They don’t believe in putting triangle signs on bathroom doors.
10.) They believe that certain criminals should be shot on sight.
OH NO!!!!![/quote]
1. Low Taxes:
Neither party these days is really for reducing taxes for the working person. The Republicans are no different than the Democrats, they are just shifting the tax burden someone else. SALT tax cap is a tax on every upper income earner in high state tax/high property tax areas. The reason I particularly like this sort of tax, isn’t because I really like more taxes. But this is the first tax I think everyone from both side of the party can feel the pain equally… So as a high net income person, you should be equally pissed about this as every else. So, contrary to your belief, the Republicans didn’t do jack didly to lower your taxes this time. They totally screwed you. probably more so than obama/democrats did (because while tax rates did go up, chances are your net worth was also doing well during that time)
2. Limited government:
Again. That’s not what this administration is about. GOP was about “free markets” and anti-tariffs. Trump’s tariff and protectionist strategy isn’t really a Republican playbook. It historically has come from left labor groups that want to justify keeping jobs here when cheaper alternatives exist elsewhere.
I think it’s a falsehood to believe that either part really believes in having a smaller government. Both parties want government to be more controlling these days, it’s a matter of what to control.
That said, I don’t think what the government is now doing (investigating Huawei, pushing back on China and trade secret threat, and curbing forced technology transfer to do business in China) is a bad thing. It was probably long overdue, many folks in the tech industry have been saying this for a long time.
3. Secure borders
Why do you think our borders aren’t secure? And do you really believe building a wall will make it secure? I mean seriously. I’m asssuming you are an intelligent professional, not some high school dropout without any critical thinking skills. If our borders wasn’t so secure, why haven’t we had more terrorist attacks? Also, food for thought. Why have there more more violent crimes commited domestically by US citizens with guns over the past few years versus a muslim terrorist in the U.S., if our border security was so lousy. Clearly, if Obama and Democrats really had an “open border”, clearly we would have a lot more Al-Queda attacks on US soil then random US citizens shooting people in schools, movie theaters, and work places, right? Why hasn’t that happen over the past 10 years?????? Does it make sense if our borders really aren’t secure?
4. Respect law enforcement:
Since when do people not respect law enforcement
5. Anti-affirmative action. Ok, I’m with you on this one.
6. Plastic straws: Have you researched why plastic straws are being eliminated? It’s a huge problem with wildlife, because often times they get ingested by animals and it kills them. Is this really that much of a burden to not use a plastic straw? Do you care about wildlife, animals,etc? I mean, you don’t even need to be an animal lover (I certainly am not). But doesn’t it even bother you that these plastic straws can harm animals? Or do you really not care?
7. What is the difficulty in carrying reusable bags? Do you really need to have free bags all the time? If each of us just reduces the number of plastic bags we don’t throw into the landfill, that doesn’t disintegrate for 7-10 years, is this really such a bad thing?
8. Ok, I’m with you on this one. But frankly, I’m sorry, most americans that even preach personal responsibility don’t actually do it themselves. Here’s what I don’t get.
Why are some people so against Obamacare but have no issue collecting Social Security? Aren’t they really both the same type of government run programs. If we eliminate obamacare, shouldn’t we do the same thing for social security? Me personally, I would accept anyone’s reasoning for getting rid of obamacare if they also felt the same consistent way about social security. Those,however, that don’t I think the real reason why they want to get rid of obamacare is because they don’t like Obama, regardless of how bad or good the program would be.
9. How does this affect you personally? Really…It’s a serious question
10. Sure, but it’s interesting who some of these conservatives identify “criminals” are. If you’re white/male, chances are you’re less of a criminal.
