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Chico Man

(3,001 posts)
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 03:24 PM Sep 2016

Trump supporters want socialism

White lower class voters expect him to hand them all factory jobs with the flick of a magic switch. How do you accomplish that without big government and socialist programs?

This truly is a bizarro world. Maybe the poles have flipped after all.

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Trump supporters want socialism (Original Post) Chico Man Sep 2016 OP
They want a Daddy State to tell them what to do. NightWatcher Sep 2016 #1
Absolutely Chico Man Sep 2016 #2
How stupid do you have to be to believe that a man that has his ties and clothing made in foreign world wide wally Sep 2016 #3
It's actually worse. They want factory jobs Glassunion Sep 2016 #4

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
3. How stupid do you have to be to believe that a man that has his ties and clothing made in foreign
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 04:11 PM
Sep 2016

countries is going to crack down on shipping jobs overseas?

Does the word "duuuh" ring a bell?

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
4. It's actually worse. They want factory jobs
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 04:26 PM
Sep 2016

However they have been led to believe that this is accomplished through lightening the tax burden the the incredibly wealthy, and that a lack of minimum wage would suddenly increase their paychecks because they could demand a higher salary due to competition... or some shit.

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