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[ironphoenix]

This graph says it all, really.¹ Republicans are for the rich. It's that simple.

Why do so many poor and middle-class people vote for them?

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1: Well, not really. It doesn't show the cuts to social programs that the Republican tax plan necessarily implies because of the reduction in net tax revenues, which generally hit low-income folks harder.

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[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

GDP is not a terribly good measure of economic health, in my opinion. Balance between rich and poor is, long-term, very important, and GDP is silent on that question, for example.