Reply #20: Yes, you are right, but they don't appear to care.

[CTyankee]

My BIL is a case in point. He is 80 and has had diabetes for many years, altho he has kept himself in good physical shape otherwise. He is a big Republican in the midwest. But he is not rich (not poor either, just not rich). If I had the nerve to start a family fight, I would ask him about his dependence on government programs:

1) Social Security, which he's been on for 15 years now;

2) Medicare, ditto;

3) GI Bill. After WWII, in which he barely served, he was allowed to have the requirement of a Bachelor's degree waived and was admitted to law school. As a son of a poor family, the only way he could attend law school was the GI Bill.

Thus, in these 3 critical areas of life, this man has been served by the Democratic Party, and yet he is a lifelong Republican.