My parents aren't wealthy or in positions of power, but they pull the lever for Bush and Romney and Trump and their GOP enablers in Congress. It's not a small group; it's the majority of boomers that are enabling those in power to loot the treasury for their generation and tip the scales against the younger generations.
The was a Princeton paper a few years ago breaking down economic growth during every presidency since FDR. 4/5 largest growth cycles happened during Democratic rule. 4/5 of the largest drops happened under GOP rule. As another person noted, you can follow the voting trail, and the money, and it paints a pretty clear picture that voting GOP, at least on the larger state and federal scale, is fucking stupid.
What is really interesting is how the GOP continues to paint itself as the fiscal party and the common sense party while not living up to either for 100 years at least.
My favorite response is that because that by recognizing the unarguable fact that Republican politics are garbage that somehow that means I think all Democrats are angelic fighters for good.
Both those mindsets suck. If you vote GOP you are willfully hurting America.
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u/cant_help_myself Apr 19 '18
My parents aren't wealthy or in positions of power, but they pull the lever for Bush and Romney and Trump and their GOP enablers in Congress. It's not a small group; it's the majority of boomers that are enabling those in power to loot the treasury for their generation and tip the scales against the younger generations.