A Little Does of Economic Reality and Moral Clarity

[_EAllusion]

And how do you figure this?

You're probably regretting talking about you life at all here at this point.

If its empirically false, then I'm sure you can show that to be the case.

This is written by a conservative economist, so you might actually read it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Myth-Rational ... 0691129428

In the case of Romney's comments, voters who do not pay income tax split almost evenly between the parties in presidential elections and there's no reason to think that will change much this time around. The poor actually have been on a long trend towards voting Republican, so if anything it may trend a little more this cycle. If it were a simple matter of Obama being in the interest of those who do no pay income tax and people rationally voting their economic self-interest, this wouldn't be the case.

But please continue to defend the welfare/redistributionist state and the vast oceans of Americans, from the underclass, to the working poor, to the middle class, who receive from their fellow citizens more than they contribute in taxes, and who are net consumers of the wealth of their neighbors.

That's what "libertarians" do best, right E?

Reading isn't your strongsuit.

[_Droopy]

You're probably regretting talking about you life at all here at this point.

Why, what could you possibly mean by this, E? Please be more detailed and specific?

This is written by a conservative economist, so you might actually read it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Myth-Rational ... 0691129428

Yes, I may. In the meantime, could you give me a rundown of its primary thesis?

In the case of Romney's comments, voters who do not pay income tax split almost evenly between the parties in presidential elections and there's no reason to think that will change much this time around. The poor actually have been on a long trend towards voting Republican, so if anything it may trend a little more this cycle. If it were a simple matter of Obama being in the interest of those who do no pay income tax and people rationally voting their economic self-interest, this wouldn't be the case.

I see several CFR worthy claims here, but never mind. Keep fighting the good fight for the libertarian, Obama, and his libertarian party.

[_EAllusion]

Yes, I may. In the meantime, could you give me a rundown of its primary thesis?

Well, you could read the link I provided. Or you could read the title of the book. Too much work?

I see several CFR worthy claims here,

That you find anything here even disputable suggests you're not particularly aware of what you are commenting on. A huge chunk of the non-income tax payers are the elderly. Tell me Droopy, do you think the elderly are going to bloc vote for Obama? Do you think that is born out by polling?

Anyway, Here's exit poll data for every presidential election since 1996

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/ele ... ndex1.html

http://www.pollingreport.com/2000.htm

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/ ... lls.0.html

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1023/exit-p ... lysis-2008

As long as you know how to parse the "lean" of each election, you should be able to see the trend among lower income voters to Republican voting. This is counterbalanced by Democrats doing better among the more affluent. This trend mirrors the rise of conservative populism and the explosion of right-wing media penetrance. It's one of the bigger stories of political demography of our time. As it stands right now, depending on how you define "low-income" they are split fairly evenly between the parties.

but never mind. Keep fighting the good fight for the libertarian, Obama, and his libertarian party.

I suppose in your world, not buying into every crazy claim made against Obama or for a Republican is tantamount to fighting for Obama. So I can see why you could write this comment without just being dishonest.

[_Bond James Bond]

Until Droopy gets off the grain dole and gets a job he can STFU IMHO.