Originally Posted by eweissenbach

The right wing has been amazingly successful at convincing people whose interests could be greatly served by things like the affordable healthcare act, increased income taxes on the wealthy, and raised limits on social security taxation that they should be against these things because they are largely promoted by democrats. Carl Rove, Grover Norquist and other right-wing spin meisters, with the financial support of the Koch bros, among others, have spun middle and even sometimes, lower economic class folks into allies, against their economic self-interest. They rattle the sabres of abortion, gun-control, and religion to suck people in, while really caring only about keeping and making more money, and reducing government regulation so they can pollute, and treat worker and consumer safety without regulatory interference. If you are gullible enough to be sucked in by their tactics, you deserve what you get, but if enough of you continue to be hoodwinked, you will bring the rest of us down with you.