How Does Republican Platform Help Middle Class?

Same as the answer to the thread title: it doesn't.Jon

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More like the opposite.

Agreed. I actually just watched it, so it was fresh in my mind. Throughout most of the movie, I was thinking to myself "ok, good/great point Micheal, but why oh why are you being such an imbecile about making said point?" It doesn't, but socialist nazi communists are fucking scary, man. That's what Democrats are.Jokes aside, it doesn't really appear as though they actually have any promises that are for the lower/middle class. Take Scott Walker for example. He promised jobs. What he didn't say was that he was going to destroy jobs first in order to make room for those jobs.Also, IMO, the Dems are seen (by "working class", middle earth...er, I mean, middle america) as the elite snobs. Republicans are seen as wholesome good ole boys with good christian values. You also have to take into consideration the idea that most have: "it's my money, I worked hard for it, keep your gub'ment hands off it".

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"What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof."-Hitch.

Grow the economy and create jobs! Hallelujah! Let the wealth come a-tricklin' down... We'll all be waitin' with our mouths wide open when it gets hereif we ain't dead from thirst before then.Jon

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What matters is what you get out of it. If I am paying 500 dollars a month to a health insurance company and get limited health care when I can pay 200 dollars a month in extra taxes and get much better health care wouldn't I be better off under a socialist plan?What does the middle class get out of Republican policies? Even under Republican policies there are still taxes (i.e. money be taken away from you forcibly). Edited by Taq, : No reason given.Edited by Taq, : No reason given.

So let me get this straight: if you're not a republican, you're a socialist communist.You just got finished watching Glenn Beck, didn't you?Godwins Law in 3....2.....1......

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"What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof."-Hitch.

How fortunate it is that there's not the remotest chance of that happening.

You don't want the economy grown and jobs created?What do you want, the nanny state to care for you, cradle to grave?And what are you willing to give up to get that?

No. Because somebody has to pay that $300 difference.There is no such thing as a free lunch. That's one thing that socialists never learn.

Keep them buzwords coming!If I get enough from you I might be able to arrange them into a little tune...buz-buz buuuuz.... buz-buz buuuuz buz-buz-buzJon

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Why can't we have social programs and a growing economy? Why does a growing economy require us to fire teachers at public schools while giving multimillion dollar CEO's a tax break, as well as the companies they work for? Other countries with social health care have had booming economies, so why can't we do it?

Yes, those who are better able to afford that increase. If they don't like it then they can take a lower wage and pay less in taxes.

Nanny State? Oh, like how all the banks were bailed out, free market be damned, right? THAT nanny state? Where's MY bailout when I bankrupt MY company. Where's MY multi-million dollar bonus when I destroy the country? THAT nanny state?

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"What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof."-Hitch.

Well, I think this thread has made it all clear. Republican policies keep you from being eaten by the imaginary socialist boogieman who lives under Coyote's bed.

No, because socialized health care is, for obvious reasons, more efficient.