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Phuzi3 t1_j1jf48h wrote

Reply to comment by riannaearl in A population density map of Washington by Pecners

I always find that an interesting concept.

How does being against more taxation, government control and spending, equate to “voting against their own interests”?

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Gekokapowco t1_j1lg3q4 wrote

When problems that could be resolved by government spending come to pass, it's pretty embarrassing.

And it doesn't matter if your taxes are low if you work a brutal, unsafe labor job for pennies.

And the fact that there isn't a modern issue today that isn't caused or exacerbated by republicans and their donors. Which seems absurd to say but it's true.

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Phuzi3 t1_j1pbn8c wrote

Infrastructure, like roads, bridges, highways and the like, are about the only places I’ve seen government dollars go to somewhat good use.

Having worked an unsafe, brutal, low wage labor job…yeah, I could have done much more with what money I had if taxes were lower. If sales and gas tax was lower, if property taxes were lower, so those increases weren’t passed on to the tenant. I actually kind of enjoyed that job, but I work a job I rather despise now, despite making over 4x the hourly rate with a union to, supposedly, have my back, and I took it because I couldn’t afford $10 an hour anymore.

Conservatives believe the individual makes their way. Leftists believe the government provides the way. There can be some overlap in how policy is applied, sure, but the worldview between the two camps is so vastly different, this hardly happens any longer.

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cheekabowwow t1_j1lrfuo wrote

Because Reddit is an echo chamber and doesn’t represent the real world.

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iFangy t1_j1q1y0r wrote

I don’t get why “voting against their interests” is supposed to be such a good point anyway. I don’t vote by interests, I vote by ideology. Probably the case for most people.

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