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A change in the future of American politics?
nates1984:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/28157
lx4:
People get more conservative with age. Most young people are either college students or work for minimum wage, no wonder they are democrats. The more taxes you pay the more attractive the right becomes. The older you get the more conservative your values become, you settle down, start a family etc.
If you did a similar poll among young people here in Sweden maybe 30 years ago I would imagine almost everyone would be left wing, many radical left. Still we have a right wing government today largely supported by those same people.
kyanwan:
--- Quote from: lx4 on October 12, 2009, 05:38:16 PM ---People get more conservative with age. Most young people are either college students or work for minimum wage, no wonder they are democrats. The more taxes you pay the more attractive the right becomes. The older you get the more conservative your values become, you settle down, start a family etc.
If you did a similar poll among young people here in Sweden maybe 30 years ago I would imagine almost everyone would be left wing, many radical left. Still we have a right wing government today largely supported by those same people.
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Yeah. As soon as you get a job, you become a Republican.
The problem with us here in the USA: We don't see further than TOMORROW.
It's a hard thought process to break. Even I have it. It's a pain. Long-term planning, is lacking here.
That's why people say - for the long term, our current set of policies is very bad - it's not going to work.
I also now see - why some people call Calvin Coolidge one of the brightest presidents we had - while others call him the father of the great depression, and one of the worst presidents we ever had.
Government, where it counts ( product safety, public infrastructure, defense, general industry oversight ) - is good - in other places ( finance, business, healthcare --- {to stabilize & force lower prices, not finance high prices. Correct the market, it's too expensive and greedy.} ) is bad.
relic2279:
--- Quote from: kyanwan on October 12, 2009, 07:38:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: lx4 on October 12, 2009, 05:38:16 PM ---People get more conservative with age. Most young people are either college students or work for minimum wage, no wonder they are democrats.
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Yeah. As soon as you get a job, you become a Republican.
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It's actually the opposite for me. My parents were pretty hard core republicans, and so was I until till I turned 18-20ish. Been a democrat ever since. I also work a blue collar job (commercial HVAC tech)
--- Quote --- defense is good - in other places healthcare -- is bad.
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I agree with the others, but disagree on the two above.
Defense is largely a waste of money. We're not paying for defense as much as we're paying to police the world. I'm not saying we should not have ANY defense, but we could cut our military spending by more than half and still be spending more than everyone else. Who are we defending against? No other countries pose a realistic threat to us. We only have to worry about terrorists for the most part.
And healthcare... well. Difference of opinion I suppose. I've been through the system while holding decent insurance. It's a scam. I'd take Canada's any day of the week over our system.
kostya:
--- Quote from: kyanwan on October 12, 2009, 07:38:32 PM ---Yeah. As soon as you get a job, you become a Republican.
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It may be that I only work part of the year (summers) because I going to school, but paying taxes have affirmed my hatred of Republicans. I have yet to see a cent of Bushes tax refunds, On the other hand I have had to calculate my alternative minimum tax (and subsequently get taxed at double the rate I should be). Thank you, Republicans, for giving us a tax code that provides giant loopholes for the rich and ass rape for the poor. Maybe it is because I was born in the Former USSR, but I am outraged a lot more by the rich getting tax breaks then I do by having to give up a substantial part of my pay to taxes.
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