what has the republican party done to help blue collar america?
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Here we go again.\n\nFunny how the top 10% of all the income earners in the US still pay 90% of the taxes. But we, once again, hear the typical spew from the lib answerers about taking money from the poor or the middle class. Hell, if ANYTHING it should be the middle class and the wealthy to complain that we are in a punnishment tax system, where the wealthy pay more of a percentage than everyone else. (As you can tell I am a proponent of the flat tax system, with no loopholes or deductions, everyone paying the same percentage)\n\nBut as for what this administration/party has helped do. The economy is in a slow growth cycle, enabling workers to find new jobs, companies to prosper more (providing more chances at advancement), and small businesses to take a chance and thrive again with the increased power of spending. Thank GOD this is not another sudden boom movement like in the 90's, resulting in the inevitable market and economic correction.\n\nReduction in tax rates to have more $$$ in the pockets for those that earn it (notice I did not say more money given to those who feel the government OWES them a living)\n\nIncreased defense efforts to help secure this country more than what it was before. Still much more to be done, but this is better than cutting defense like some other President that can easily be named.\n\nTried to put more control over retirement funds back to the individual, instead of being controled by an outdated and failing Social Security system. I still have hope that this will happen in some form in the future. Again, the government is not responsible, and should not be responsible for the monetary well being of any individual that is not employed by that government.\n\nThe list can go on. But many of the uber-libs will continue to have it go in one ear and out the other, per usual.
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Democrats... for the blue collar worker the average Joe...\nRepublicians... for the large Corporations... the Big Cats... the money people.
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What Roosevelt was describing, in my opinion, is the two party system in America today. Democrats feel America as a nation is measured at the lowest levels of the people in our society. Republicans feel the nation is measured at its highest levels of personal achievement. Those with, versus those without. Those with scream about taxes, welfare, and those who are so poor they can never lift themselves above poverty. At the same time they ship their jobs overseas putting Americans out of work. Hire illegals rather than pay an American a living wage, all in the name of being competative instead of admitting it is greed that controls their actions. In my opinion the republican party is no longer the party of conservatism, it is the party of greed, intolerance and lack of concern for those less fortunate in our country. Democrats feel otherwise. It is the party of social concern for the wrongs of our society, the less fortunate, the people at the lowest rungs of American society. If we look the other way when we see poverty all around us in our country, how great is America in reality? The pursuit of the almighty dollar now rules America. Most of America pursues it because they don't have enough. A small part of America pursues it because they can never get enough. Too much to spend in ten lifetimes is not enough for some. If a category four hurricane were to hit New York City, would we see the same response we saw in New Orleans, a city with many poor people? I think not.
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This isn't really an answer per se, but I wanted to recommend a book to you.  It's about how the Republicans won Middle America from the Democrats, and I thought you might find it interesting.\n\nIt's called "What's the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" by Thomas Frank and it talks about how the Republicans duped Middle Americans with faith-based problems, and then screwed them over economically.  It's quite well-written, and sort of relates to your question.
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Because of Republicans
597541
You need to get out of the support for the Democrats and Republicans. You need to look to parties that are not financially supported by multinational corporations. America has enough people, and enough consumers that it doesn't need to go overseas to manufacture goods cheaper and make bigger profits than ever.
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Democrats are being stifled by the Bush administration. There's very little we can get done right now. \n\nHowever, to answer your question with another:\n\nBesides bashing Democrats and making the rich richer and the poor poorer, what else have Republicans perfected?
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Republicans don't control the government and businesses.  Come on use facts please.  It depends on how the Country is doing and 7.25 an hour is alot more then then other Countrys are makeing.  If they rase it then there would be less job's if they lower it there would be more jobs.
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not in the least but republicans do have a plan to middle and upper manage the world. More americans are needed to travel and assist overseas and south of the boarder operations given that most of those managers other then by birth would be picking cotton or other suitable work for the idiots colleges are turning out these days the idle rich have found a new niche in the world overseeing laborers in foriegn countries .americans are to good to clean up after themselves with both parents working jose cuts the grass for 20 dollars and takes him an hour so bob the homeowner is free to earn 75 dollars an hour to jump up and down yelling at employees to get busy or we will move the plant to mexico.where labor is cheaper and more reliable .this brings in a group of accountants that total up the assests of the company sell it to japaness business investors who have now broken the back of the union that use to work in the community.americans are rehired to do the same hard work for lower wages now because america is so loved by all the nations of the world we relocate the plant to chile where labor is only $3.00 a day bob makes several business trips a year to jump up and down  but to no avail he is promoted to the board of directors where him and his buddies vote for huge salaries and stock options upon which they retire.never doing more then yelling and screaming at others and taking all the credit for the work being done.being unfit to work in a society would normaly be a bad thing but here in america its an art form .we have plenty of people to work here in america they are just to busy jumping up and down doing nothing but selling american jobs down the river. creating a two class society those who work for a living and those who takee advantage of those who work for a living .so to end illegals we need to pay lettuce pickers 100 dollars an hour and  the management jobs of jumping which mexicans are good at they made it over the boarder and screaming have you ever seen them drink tequilia. the 10 dollar an hour worthless jobs after all jumping up and down screaming and yeeling has to be done by somebody right without executives flying all over the world in million dollar jets with million dollar salaries 700 guys in south america wouldnt go down in a deep hole digging for gold .right we arent that smart just that greedy that we deny people there natural resources work them long hours and spunge of others to make a living you republicans make me sick .
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Right wing republicans want the middle class Americans to pay a larger portion of taxes
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Why should a person who owns MORE than $60,000 per year support the views of the Republican Party? \n\nThe Republican Party works for the big industrials, ensuring that US Government policy is manipulated to meet the requirements of the corporations. There is no way that can be said to be Government for the people - no matter how much people earn!
976359
The only way for the country to go from where we are now is up.  The Republicans have proven that they are out of touch with the American public and can not effectively run the country.  So now maybe America will have a fighting chance to improve.
941514
well, REAL Republicans will seek to work with their fellow Americans for the betterment of our country.  the neoCONNED, on the other hand, will never ever give up their venomous attacks, projecting the failures of their ideologies onto others.  if they did they'd have to take responsibility for their failures and they simply can not do that.  too uncomfortable.
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The truth is that they believe it will eventually help everybody (trickle down economics).  If the rich pay less taxes, they have more money to better their businesses or make more businesses, thus creating more jobs.  Unfortunately it doesn't work because the rich "generally" are selfish and may make more jobs but refuse to pay a decent wage for any of them unless absolutely forced to (something most Republicans are loathe to do because then they lose the votes of the rich).
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Conservatives have that as a platform, if you just read between the lines. Like Bush's " tax cuts across the board" is translated into tax cuts for the very rich. So they are the party of cooperate welfare and take more bribes then anyone.
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well i guess it took at least one republican to file the paperwork to outsource the job.\n\nbut that is a good one, and i plan on using this joke on my friends.
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Yes.\n\nI've been encouraging people to get away from the Big Two parties for years.  And, this year, even though I'm the state PR coordinator for the Constitution Party, I ran on the Republican Party line (because the CP does not yet have a ballot line in Tennessee).\n\nThe GOP did not lift a finger to help my campaign, even though I stand for the same principles that they **claim** to stand for.\n\nThe Republicans use conservative Christians the way a wife-beater promises to "change".  Sadly, the conservatives respond the way the battered wife does:  by trying to "fix" the GOP, instead of getting a divorce.  It won't get better until the true conservatives get away from the Republican Party, which is controlled by the "forces of moderation" (read:  pro-abortion money).\n\nTrue conservatives will find a home in the Constitution Party.  This is especially true with the formation of the CP's National Veterans Coalition.\n\nHopefully, neither of the Big Two parties will have an occupant in the White House in the next administration!