2016 Postmortem

TomCADem

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4. Well, the Rich Ones Actually Might Benefit...

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:30 PM

Dec 2016

...from the income tax, capital gains, and inheritance tax cuts that Trump is proposing. In the Civil War you had poor, non-slave owning whites fighting to defend slavery as their way of life even though the presence of slavery had long served to undercut their earnings. It would be like a union worker fighting to reduce the minimum wage and outlaw the ability to organize.

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"I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump" - Must Read Article Gets It! [View all] TomCADem Dec 2016 OP

it's not just poor ones. JI7 Dec 2016 #1

Well, the Rich Ones Actually Might Benefit... TomCADem Dec 2016 #4

Don't know. Don't care. BlueStater Dec 2016 #2

What's To Figure Out? The Key Is To Show Solidarity... TomCADem Dec 2016 #6

Question atreides1 Dec 2016 #8

There Is No Need to Make Folks Admit They Are Racist TomCADem Dec 2016 #11

Yes, Tom. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #3

Republicans have been fueling and relying upon racism for many decades. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

Blame God jack69 Dec 2016 #7

Truthfully, it's much simplier than that. They are just ignorant racists who hate Hoyt Dec 2016 #9

donald P RUMP, showman/conman w/ a HUGE media assist. teabagged again. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #10

Only a pawn in their game- Dylan hibbing Dec 2016 #12

They are equally frustrated because now coco22 Dec 2016 #14

Here I go again. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #13