Why do conservatives assume Liberals don't work? [View all]

[Johonny]

I was driving home the other day and saw a bumper sticker that read "Silly Liberals, paychecks are for workers"

At first I honestly didn't get it. I was a liberal driving home from WORK just like the other driver that must have thought themselves so clever. Other conservatives I know have started offering up such election season gems as McObama's where you order and the guy behind you pays etc...

The thing is almost every liberals I know works. Those that don't work wish they could work. Every study I've seen shows Americans are among the most work oriented people on the planet. They take less vacation on average, they work longer hours, they are willing to commute longer distances, etc.. It is pure fantasy to think liberals don't want to work, are lazy and just want social systems for a free ride.

But the worst part is most of the bumper sticker is a true statement. Paychecks are for workers. Look no farther than Presidential want to be Mitt Romney. Romney makes more money in a day than that likely that person driving home on the road with me. He doesn't make it with a paycheck. No, over the past 30-40 years the Romney's of the country have games the financial system to pay themselves more and more and us the workers less and less. Once you understand that despite generating higher and higher GDP, the Romney's of the world gain while your paycheck stays the same or goes down, then you start to be a liberal.

There's nothing silly about it. Liberals get it, in America paychecks are for the working class. Once you get that too you stop being an idiot with a stupid conformist bumper sticker on your car.