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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I was merely pointing out that doing things to benefit the working class is a lot more complicated then just proposing things to benefit them. The working class is just as fractured as the rest of the country. Yeah it's easy to sell working class benefits to one segment, but then that other segment can be manipulated by unrelated matters. Minimum wage is a perfect example. To the left it's necessary to raise it to sustain a basic standard of living. To the right it's government overreach, anti free market, and one step closer to socialism. How you break down the barrier to get everyone on the same page is the challenge, and it ain't easy as we know.
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Except the working class overwhelmingly supports minimum wage increases across party lines. The divide between left and right working class people is generally over cultural issues. On issues such as trade, health care, foreign policy, etc., they're actually much closer than most Republicans and Fox News would have you think.