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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 12:04 PM
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lower-income Americans do not supply Republican Party with many votes
Edited on Mon Feb-07-05 12:05 PM by liberal N proud
LA TIMES:

"It's going to be a tight budget," said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a budget watchdog group that lobbies for smaller deficits. "That doesn't mean it's going to be a realistic budget."

Bush's budget will cut "where the money is," Bixby said Saturday, "but it's also where the resistance is."

"The lower-income Americans who benefit from food stamps and Medicaid do not typically provide the Republican Party with many votes or campaign contributions."
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-cuts6feb06,1,90044.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 12:06 PM
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1. That's been true for a while
And the poor that do vote for them, vote against their economic interests because of resentments.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 12:08 PM
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2. Good thing the dems chose to be "the middle class" party then.
Makes a lot of sense leaving the ever-increasing majority without representation!
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 12:18 PM
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4. The jury is still out on this one.
We don't know who the Dems have decided to represent yet.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 12:14 PM
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3. Some family values
shown in this budget. They are such hypocrits.
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DieboldMustDie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 01:03 PM
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5. I think Thomas Frank would disagree with that statement.
Have you read What's the Matter with Kansas?
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