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SMC22307

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31. You won't get any argument from me on that.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #14)

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 06:55 PM

Oct 2018

People don't think big picture, long term, etc.

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With most Republicans I know, it isn't really about religion, healthcare, guns, abortion or politics [View all] mtnsnake Oct 2018 OP

I knew a guy who was liberal in most of his thinking. He told me he votes republican wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #1

How much do you think this guy makes? Enough that his tax cut is worth anything? hedda_foil Oct 2018 #7

He lived off of his investments. He didn't want wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #23

At least he has that excuse. Charming gentleman, isn't he? hedda_foil Oct 2018 #24

He was a friend. I don't see him much anymore. wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #25

He must love the market shifts caused by Trumpian tariffs. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #27

My Family Members RobinA Oct 2018 #19

I know a few like that. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #2

Absolutely! Ohiogal Oct 2018 #3

My experience is the same. yardwork Oct 2018 #4

The basic sects of the GOP ThreeGs Oct 2018 #5

Agree. My middle-of-the-road brother is singing... SMC22307 Oct 2018 #6

Of course, if taxes were higher TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #14

You won't get any argument from me on that. SMC22307 Oct 2018 #31

I came from a middle class family TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #32

Double absolutely Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #8

Excellent! You should post your idea of the $100 thing as a thread. mtnsnake Oct 2018 #11

The argument that drives me crazy TheFarseer Oct 2018 #16

They can afford to give us all jobs without a tax cut TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #21

So true TheFarseer Oct 2018 #22

It always astonishes me. rownesheck Oct 2018 #9

Yep. Most people care about what affects THEM, or what they think... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2018 #10

Right! My 47-yr-old son says he's not a liberal or a conservative. He's a "capitalist." Says he hostalover Oct 2018 #12

It depends on where you live. TheFarseer Oct 2018 #13

Also, need to educate these people so they realize paying taxes actually saves them money Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2018 #15

Agree. zentrum Oct 2018 #17

Here's a great story to illustrate how idiotic some people are about this... hurple Oct 2018 #18

It's a brilliant tactic. Similar to pushing everyone's retirement accounts into the stock market Azathoth Oct 2018 #20

I hear the same thing Wyatt513 Oct 2018 #26

Oh they see the broken down bridges, roads, everything, but they want someone else to ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #29

republicans vote for their tax cut, but insist that democrats only want handouts. unblock Oct 2018 #28

Republicans tend to vastly overestimate Mariana Oct 2018 #30

Hmm, IMHE that is the way people act when you've been factual with them and they don't want to be uponit7771 Oct 2018 #34

For every hour he spends talking with me Mariana Oct 2018 #35

So when April 15 comes greymattermom Oct 2018 #33