Republicans and the poor, are there really any poor republicans?

Question

With the new bill that just got voted down for a minimum wage tax hike, do you think Republicans are really made up of the poor part of society as they say? If Republicans were mostly the poor part of the country, why did they include such a large tax cut for millionaires with a minimum wage hike in the same bill?

Answer 1

The republican party has more poor ppl than the Democratic party. Why? Because of the south. The vast majority of the white poor in the south are republicans. In the south, the more educated tend to be democratic.

Republicans dont like to believe this because they have fallen for the trick where the republicans have painted a poor black face on the democratic party.

This fact in itself is exactly why what I say is true. Southern poor whites are motivated by this prejudice to be republican. It defines the old saying.. cut off your nose to spite your face.

Btw, to answer the second half of your question: you know why they added that estate tax cut for the multi-millionaires only...they knew it wouldn't pass based on that and were playing election year politics. I am quite ticked off about it myself because they are playing politics with ppl's lives.

Look at that poor misinformed fool below me ***sigh*** That estate tax cut only affected ppl who were going to inherit millions. The middle class and under DID NOT receive any part of that estate tax cut. ONCE AGAIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE POOR REPUBLICANS WHO ARE TOO STUPID TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

Answer 2

Yes there are poor Republicans. My family has pretty much always been low to middle class, and has pretty much always been Republican. My father raised our family on a E-6 salary for Pete's sake (Staff Sergent in the Army). You can be poor, and still support things like border security, stronger international presence, pro well fare reform, anti- socialism etc etc.. If those aspects of the GOP are important to you. Politics aren't socio-economics to everyone. Oh yea... and it wasn't a "tax cut for millionaires" that was attached to the bill, it was cut in the "death tax", estate taxes for people who have worked hard, and want to leave more for their surviving families. I don't have an "estate" per se, and I really don't see anything wrong with someone wanting to have more control over their life's work after they die, and it was the Dems who defeated the bill, not the GOP.

Answer 3

I suppose most of the "poor" are Democrats. And that's the best argument I know for me NOT becoming a Democrat. Why would I want to become poor?

Love, Jack

Answer 4

There are many more rich Democrats than rich Republicans.
Contributor lists prove it. By that standard the answer is yes

Answer 5

Your grasp of the most simple of economics baffles me.