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jeff47

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8. Polling demonstrates you're wrong.

Tue May 26, 2015, 04:03 PM

May 2015

Gun control, single-payer and tax increases on the rich all poll very well. So no, they are not unpopular. AFAIK sanctions on Israel hasn't been polled, but two-state solution/recognizing a Palestinian state does well on polls. Defense cuts depends on what exactly you cut.

They are unpopular with political pundits and Republicans. Whose existence is only loosely coupled with reality.

As for living standards, economics is not a zero-sum game. You don't have to drag everyone else down in order to lift others up.

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