[DeTomaso] ZERO PC - Maxim #1: People vote their pocket book! NPC

[Larry Finch]

Maxim #1: People vote their pocket book!
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Not really true.

People vote what they 'feel' is their pocket book. 

This feeling is easily manipulated by demonizing the one Special Interest that ultimately
DOES (and historically always has) improve the bottom line for the workers ---- Unions.

While at the same time martyrizing the diametrically opposed Special Interest that
has arguably zero interest in improving the workers position if it interferes in any manner
with the unbending goal of profit-at-any-cost ---- Corporations.

The use of buzzwords such as higher taxes, government restrictions, government regulations, Union Bosses
and other phrases solely designed to appeal to emotions have (sadly) been shown to be very effective in
moving the Common Man (which is certainly most of us) to think (and vote) as if he is somehow
protecting and improving his own position when in fact he is only benefiting the corporations.

The in-your-face examples of how true this is are sadly hidden (by design) from most voters by the cloud of
buzzword phrases heaped onto us with now nearly unlimited Corporation-funded advertising campaigns.

NAFTA - Free (not Fair) Trade - outsourcing - downsizing - Pension Raiders - part-time employment with
thus no benefits - privatizing -  Military Industrial Complex - tax loopholes - offshore registering of Corporations -
S&L scandal - Wall Street Greed...........

The evidence is obvious this all is designed to benefit Corporations,  and none of it ever "Trickles Down" to the Common Man.

But the Common Man is easily swayed with slickly-packaged, demographically-tuned appeals to his emotions.

And if this continues there will be no Common Man left to remember what the American Middle Class used to be.

Larry

P.S. - If you respond to this, try leaving your emotional, name-calling rants at the door. I did.  ;-)