If Republicans favor the wealthy, then why do they have so much support?
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The ignorance in your question actually answers this question... because the lower income Republicans are weak-minded and fall for propaganda easily.\n\nGetting a low income Republican to vote is easy... all you have to do is convince him that the blacks and gays are wanting equal rights and want to live off his hard labor. \n\nThe low income ones are manipulated by prejudices.\n\nExamples, how many times to you hear Republicans on here do you hear comments about democrats living off welfare. Would it surprise you to learn that there are more Republicans on welfare than Democrats? It is because of the increase in job loss of the midwestern states that are all Republican.
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Because the Republicans get the most votes? *shrugs* Just a thought
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Generally, people are concerned more about THEMSELVES than they are about anything else. That means until you are sure the rent is paid, there's food on the table and the kids are okay, you don't pay much attention to anything else. \n\nThe rich obviously have money and with money comes power. The rich use their money to influence political agendas that benefit them, with little thought of the "everyman"\n\nAs far as WHY we entrust them, I don't believe we do.  It's just that most of us don't know how, or are too lazy or self-interested to make ourselves and our opinions heard...
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Voting Republican is one.
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I'll do my best.  Republicans favor a small, inexpensive government and, therefore, lower taxes, as well as a strong military.\n\nDemocrats favor a large government that will collect higher taxes and dole out governmental support, and they prefer a small military.\n\nIn a nutshell, that's it.
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Vote republican. Usually, they support tax breaks by imposing flat taxes in their place, hurting the lower and middle class while the rich enjoy a meager decrease in income. But keep in mind that since all the supporters of a flat tax are rich business tycoons and corrupt (or confused) politicians, you're going to end up with a nasty government any way you approach it.
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Republicans ironically have an aristocratic reputation. They have a major stake in keeping themselves wealthy by keeping the poor destitute. They resent upward mobility. They also have the reputation of acting like robber barons and raiding the pension funds of working class families. Enron, Worldcom, and other massive accounting frauds were perpetrated by people who belong to the Republican party.\n\nDemocrats are socialists. They go to great lengths to level the playing field. Often the lengths go a bit too far, to the point of reverse-discrimination. They don't believe in doing the greatest good for the most people. They believe in doing the greatest good for the smallest social special interest. The more outrageous the special interest the more dearly they hold onto it.\n\nThis is why I'm an Independent. You know the group that attracts ALL the really strange weirdos.
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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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They welcome them for the most part.\n\nAdvantages, a few already wealthy people get richer.\n\nDisadvantages, U.S. jobs are lost while immigration is on the rise, more polution, poorer U.S. population, peoples lives rouined and forced to work in inhumane conditions, global poverty, exploited 3rd world countries for pennies, they control our government and part of military, our tax dollars go to their funding and not the right places,loss of safty nets ie. welfare medicare medicade schools hospitals and to top it all off the officals we elect are responceable for it because they do favors for them for funding their campaines.\n\nthe government welcomes them because they fund their campaines.  Educated people worry because they are aware of the race to the bottom theory and all the hell it is bringing.
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Finally someone who gets it. Republican party is the big corporation party. Their constituency is big business at the expense of the rest of us. With the huge profits the oil companies make it seems senseless to pay them subsidies. The man in white house is a Texas man, the big oil state and people wonder why gas prices are rising as they are.
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First off, looking at the answer above, i can assure you that the rich get just as much, and sometimes more, subsidies then the poor people.  They even get to right off the cost of having parties if they claim it as a business expense.  \n\nPoor people and rich people pay the same amount of taxes, its just that for the rich, its like paying pocket change, and for the poor, its like giving up everything you worked so hard for.  \n\nBlaming the poor is basically scapegoating people who werent born into riches, and a way to make the rich feel good about themselves.  This is a fact.  Most people who are really rich are born into and inherit what they have, and along with it, they get more opportunities begining early in life, to learn.  It is pathetic, to even accuse the poor for the problems of this country.  It is the rich who underpay, the poor people, and keep them exactly where they are...poor.\n\nIt is getting to a point where the lines between democrats and republicans are getting really blurred.
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Because the GOP has been more successful than the Democrats at using social issues to attract people - most who wouldn't benefit from Republican economic policies. \n\nPeople do vote against their economic self-interest, if they have a compelling enough reason. Last election cycle, the GOP made it imperative to include a gay marriage initiative on most ballots. This was their main focus, and it caused people who hated gay marriage to vote, often for the Republican party. \n\nAnother example was under the first Bush, who made flag-burning a political issue - it was an unsuccessful attempt to turn out morally conscious people to vote for the GOP, even if under close inspection, their economic policies would not have directly benefited them as much as rich voters.
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I love the "unbiased" answers here.  It's a veritable no-spin-zone.\n\nCurrently or historically?  The answers differ considerably.  Historically, Republicans have supported State's rights, low regulations on economic ventures, a strong military, and conservative social initiatives.  \n\nDemocrats have traditionally supported consolidation of political power on the federal level, economic regulation, international diplomacy, and liberal social initiatives.\n\nCurrently, the differences can be determined by looking at their official public agendas.\n\nGOP:\nWinning the war on terror\nUshering in an ownership era\nBuilding an innovative, globally competitive economy\nStrengthening communities\nProtecting families\n\nDemocratic party:\nImproving national security\nImproving international diplomacy\nModernizing the military\nStrengthening the economy \nImproving public education\nProtecting social security\nProviding affordable health care\nEnsuring honesty in government\nReforming the election process\nProtecting the environment\nEnsuring justice and civil liberties\n\nOf course, a brief look at the front page of each party website indicates that thier PRIMARY concerns are in making one another look bad.
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The Democratic approach to foreign policy it that militaristic force is always the last resort and that diplomacy should be utilized more often then is currently shown. The GOP (grand old party, republicans) outwardly do not help the middle and lower class, however through lobbyists and tax cuts for the upper class (earning class of More than $200,000 a year) the GOP consistently helps the rich.
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Actually, most are highly intelligent. Bush has given them some treats and ohhh, how they love their money.\n\nHere's what I don't understand; how can blue collar, middle class people vote Republican? It's like biting off your nose to spite your face!
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The Republican Party aka the GOP (Grand Overclass Party) are minons of the rich and powerful.\n\nThe rich don't like to give their money or influence to anyone unless of course its makes them more money. They also like to use other people's money (our tax dollars) to benifit themselves not the poor or powerless. \n\nSo the term compassionat conservative is just more bull shit those Republican assholes are trying to use to hide their selfish nature. \n\nBush and the GOP...conservatives my ass! Conserve means to protect and not waste. These sons of bitches are doing anything and everything BUT that! \n\nConservative is the biggest bull shit lable I have ever seen in my life. These minons of the rich and powerful also coined the term liberal and that's horse shit too.
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Republicans believe that poor people have too much money, and rich people do not have enough.  So they support cutting taxes, as well as cutting benefits for poor people.  \n\nDemocrats believe the opposite.  So they support raising taxes, and raising benefits for poor people.