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In reply to the discussion: "For the first time in my life, I will be voting against a Republican candidate for president." [View all]Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)For 30 years, the voters on the right have been hijacked by social issues - to their OWN detriment. Why this election is so exciting. For the first time in memory, we get to have the conversation about what the RW ECONOMIC policies are for this nation. Once those teabagging "keep the government out of my Medicare" people take a drink from the Gekko/Galt clue hose, I don't think many will be on board with that path.
We just need to talk with them (one on one, door by door) about the VAST and diametrically opposed policies are, and what they mean to all of us who aren't in the 1%.
"RR wants to cut SS and Medicare so that they can offset giving billionaires more tax cuts".
"Customers are job creators. More customers, more jobs, more hiring."
"Companies are sitting on record amounts of cash. Giving them more won't make them hire - demand makes them hire"
"We need to prime the pump from the bottom up. People with jobs consume, people with money save - which does not get money flowing through the economy"
"Small businessman: You want me to hire, bring me more customers. If you give me a tax break, I'll just take the wife to Aruba".
"Without regulation, it is a free-for-all with greed at the center as the driving point"
Talking points - short and simple. Once people are forced to pay attention to this stuff (which I think this election is going to do), hopefully they will realize that voting against their own interests isn't in their best interest.