46 Ways Gops Attack the Middle Class and Poor – hence destroying the American Dream
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Everyone
and every organization make mistakes. No government entity, business,
individual or group is beyond reproach. My research, however, suggests one U.S.
political party favors policies, based on lies at their core, that only benefit their oligarchs and not those
significantly below the one percent.
(Citations may include footnotes with asterisks
or superscripts, or links.)
Since Reagan, Gops
have been constantly attacking the fabric of the American Dream.
This list
will be added to as more ways are discovered or observed.
So what are some of the Gop attacks?
2. Their “pro-life strategy” – This is a wedge issue, focusing the radically
religious on one issue instead of on life.
4. Climate change isn’t caused
by humans. – Science
deniers are unsupported by any facts. Hoaxes don’t add up.
5. Science research and fact checkers aren’t
credible because all researchers have personal bias. – This allows
Gops to attack education. The Gops’ oligarchs want to produce students who
can’t think for themselves and figure out what’s going wrong in America.
6. Corporations are people. – This Citizens
United Supreme Court decision has brought more dark money into elections.
7. All Muslims 1.
should be feared. – This goes
against the very fabric of our country. We are a nation built on immigrants. We
also need the support of peaceful Muslims to fight against the misinterpreted
form of their religion.
8. Sensible gun laws will kill
the 2nd Amendment. – Is there any
evidence from another country that more weapons make people safer? Switzerland doesn't work, as an example. Everyone that has a weapon at home there is part
of their military. Our pretend militias are not part of our National Guard, our
actual militia.
9. Unions*** are bad for our country. – Attacking unions was given root by Ronald
Reagan. It has tremendously weakened the middle class, which was built largely
by good paying jobs due to unionization.
10. ACA** is a
disaster. – ACA has put a lot of uninsured citizens
on insurance. It needs improvement, but congress refuses to act, except to
desire to abolish it, -- which is just plain wrong.
11. Socialism 2.
is a “slippery slope.” – Government exists for the people, not for oligarchs like the
Gops. This hogwash promoted by Gops only benefits the wealthy. It doesn't grow
our economy or eliminate suffering.
12. Women and minorities are treated fairly in our
country. – More ways Gops hold down the middle class
and the poor.
13. The poor are on “easy
street” and are “irresponsible”, “lazy”, “non-workers”, “unworthy”,
takers”, “moochers”, “leeches”, “sponges”, “parasites”, “undeserving”,
“freeloaders”, “the moocher class”, “the nation of takers”, “government
dependents”, “don’t want to work”, etc. – These lies make it easy to
deny them benefits and government support, often hurting children, disabled and
elderly.
14. Gops attack government. – Government is needed.
Taxes buy the safety, education, commerce, infrastructure and comforts of
civilization.
15. We need to
build up our military. – Our government provides the best
military in the world. Gops used scare tactics,
focusing on any global negative to suggest we need to spend more on our
military. We spend
considerably more than the next nine countries.
18. The poor
pay no taxes3.. –
This is a blatant myth used to attack government assistance for those who
disabled, elderly, unemployed or underemployed. Here are supportive links #1,
#2,
and #3.
19. The Reagan
administration introduced “reverse mortgages. –
These steal
wealth from the middle
class.
22. Gops deny women protection under the law. Dems promote the Violence
Against Women Act, and violence jeopardizes unborn children.
24. Gops want to ease environmental
regulations. Dems promote higher environmental standards,
which yield better air quality.
25. Gops want to ease environmental
regulations. Dems promote higher environmental standards,
which yield better water
quality.
26. Gops want to ease environmental
regulations. Dems promote higher environmental standards,
which yield better land quality.
27. Gops want to ease environmental
regulations. Dems promote higher inspection standards,
which yield better food
quality.
28. Gops want to cut government assistance. Dems
promote Supplemental Nutrition or SNAP
program which supports the elderly, underemployed, underpaid, etc. along with
the Federal Women,
Infants and Children food program (WIC).
29. Gops attack
benefits that help those in need. Dems promote equal pay for women
and oppose cuts to food, housing and assistance for needy families. Lower SES
can contribute to miscarriage or stillbirth, as well as premature infant death.
Some of these factors include homelessness, severe poverty and unsanitary
living conditions.
30. Gops attack ACA
and Planned Parenthood.
Dems promote women’s cancer
screenings; Gops want to cut funding.
31. Gops attack Planned Parenthood. Dems promote stem cell
research to tremendously medically benefit living humans.
32. Gops attack refugee
resettlement. Dems promote in compassion
toward refugees to save their
lives and continue to build our economy.
33. Gops attack ACA
and Planned Parenthood.
Dems promote contraception
to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Youth, in a moment of passion, can find
themselves pregnant – with negligible family support – also can find their
futures destroyed by being tied to babies they cannot support. Their school
potential can go down the drain with this condition.
34. Gops attack ACA
and Planned Parenthood.
Dems promote concern about overpopulation
of our planet, which overtaxes our resources, causes more pollution, creates
situations which contribute to wars, etc.
35. Gops claim government can’t
create jobs, yet 16% of our current jobs are in
government. They’re good jobs and our mutual employees stimulate the
economy through their purchases from our pay to them.
36. Gops have attacked pensions,
since the 80s. -
Most people do not know how to invest and get shafted by companies that are
“managing” their investments. Gops also keep bringing up privatizing Social
Security and Medicare, because they work. (They fly in the face of Gop claims
that government doesn't work.)
The rest are all attacks enacted or removed since tRump came into power with Russian intrusion.
37. Dems oppose enacting tax cuts favoring wealthy over average workers. Gops do it.*
38. Dems oppose taking billions out of workers’ pockets – weaken or abandon pay protection laws. Gops do it.*
39. Dems oppose blocking workers from court access; allow job contract mandatory arbitration clauses. Gops do it.*
40. Dems oppose pushing immigration policies that hurt all workers. Gops do it.*
41. Dems oppose rolling back regulations that protect worker pay and safety. Gops do it.*
42. Dems oppose stacking he Federal Reserve Board w/ Wall-Street friendly chairs – greed over people. Gops do it.*
43. Dems oppose ensuring Wall Street gets more of workers’ retirement savings w/ hidden fees. Gops do it.*
44. Dems oppose stacking the Supreme Court to favor corporations over workers with Neil Gorsuch. Gops do it.*
45. Dems oppose trying to take affordable health care away from millions of working people. Gops do it.*
46. Dems oppose undercutting key worker protection agencies by nominating anti-worker leaders. Gops do it. *
This list
will be added to as more ways are discovered or observed.
I was an independent voter, but in 2016 became
a Democrat. In the past, I voted for Ford, Reagan (2nd term), G.H.W.
Bush, Dole and even McCain. The only one of those votes I’m now proud of was
for Ford.
After the Koch
brothers sponsored the tea party to exert excessive influence over the
Republican (Gop) party, I’ve been debating politics on Facebook and with family
members, along with doing an incredible amount of research. Every Gop position
is based on at least one lie from what I’ve determined.
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