Groups Who Should Not Vote For Republicans

Republicans are in control in state houses around the country. Through legislation and cuts in the budget for certain segments of society and public pronouncements, voters get a clear picture of just who Republicans are and especially who Republicans are NOT working for. Many of these have a lengthy history that has been reported on very little.

So let’s create a so-called ‘enemies of the Republican state’ list:

–    Women, especially those of child bearing years. Defunding clinics that specialize in women’s reproductive health care and all access to abortion.

–    Public workers at all levels. These folks are seen as a drain, as leeches on society. The vitriol has been expressed in both legislation and speeches.

–    Teachers – a special subset of public workers. One would almost think that teachers are little more than glorified baby-sitters who do little and have few skills. The hate aimed at teachers is astounding.

–    Unions – The hatred for unions is long standing. The hatred for any unions of public workers has become the stuff of legendary hate.

–    Social Security and its recipients – Alan Simpson's description of Social Security, “a milk cow with 310 million tits,” gives a pretty good idea how Republicans feel about SS and its recipients. Social Security has been a target of Republicans since its inception, with GW Bush spending his “political capital” on turning it over to Wall Street 6 years ago.

–    Medicare – Well Paul Ryan authored the Republican budget that would eventually render Medicare worthless. He had apparently figured those worthless public school teachers had not taught Americans to add and subtract and reason.

–    Small businesses – Republicans continue to fight legislation that would give tax breaks to small businesses and other legislation that would help small businesses.

–    Farmers – Changing bankruptcy rules under George Bush has had a great effect on true family farms. Combined with the effects of the Republican depression, family farms have been crushed.

–    The poor of course – the traditional whipping group for Republicans. They continue to take away all safety net aid and also do all they can to take away any programs to help either find a job or a better job. Many of this nation’s poor work full time jobs that pay little.

–    Cities – Michigan is leading the way in dismantling democracy where you live. Small dictatorships should never be part of America.

–    Students – besides the assault on their teachers, Republicans are cutting funds for public education and giving it to the privatizers. Soon enough we will be back to the era of only the rich can afford education. And the textbooks that they want to promote teach Americans what no other country accepts, such as creationism.

–    Gays – this would be the proverbial ‘like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.’

What it all boils down to is that there are few groups that Republicans have not cut out or are working on cutting out. Essentially the Republican Party has proven Joseph Stiglitz’s words of about a month ago ring very true:

In case you don’t know who the 1% are, they are the ones that control most of the wealth of this country. 

Many people vote Republican because they believe one day they will be part of the 1%. Logic would tell you that it is not possible. They are the 1% because only 1% ever get there and openings are reserved for their children. It has almost become America’s royalty. Most Americans understand that royalty has no place in America.

Dave
Bradley
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Dave Bradley is a self-described
retired observer of American politics “trying to figure out how we got
so screwed up.”  An
Iowa City native currently living in West Liberty,  Dave and his wife
Carol have two grown children who “sadly had to leave the state to find
decent paying jobs.“