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Originally Posted by Jason14h
The issue that the dem's underestimate / miss-estimate is the impact of the message that Tax Cuts = Less Services = Poor People Poorer = You're voting against your interests
This message is commonly said on this board as well
There's an idea that all taxes are used optimally and used on services. The reality is very little tax money/new tax money ever actually reaches people to make their lives better or worse.
Most of it 'disappears' into the machine that is government. And it's an easier message that government is taxing people to death and lower taxes = more money in my pocket.
So while it philosophically (and to an extend technically) is correct collecting less taxes impacts services, people voting don't care/believe and it isn't driving the votes of the lower income lower educated voters
The reactions on this board in 90% of posts shows the elitist disconnect (yes people who can sit on a message board during working hours are elitists!) vs many trump voters , especially males in blue collar industries
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Eh, overall taxation levels have fallen consistently ever since the 80s all over NA. The working and middle classes have seen their share of the wealth dwindle, and the rise of mega wealthy oligarchs. Wealth inequality is approaching the levels of the 1890s.
Elitist disconnect, maybe. But don't go telling me lower taxes are good for poor people.