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19. The Dems need to talk to these people

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 09:52 PM

Mar 2017

and tell them what Trump is really doing to them.

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they don't fucking get it. POOR people can NOT save anything because they don't have $ [View all] demtenjeep Mar 2017 OP

They get it. They just don't care. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #1

I was about to post the same words in your subject line. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #29

Great minds :) LOL... Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #31

thank you for spelling it out still_one Mar 2017 #30

Yes. This is exactly right. JDC Mar 2017 #38

This Cosmocat Mar 2017 #50

This. And we waste time when we think they care. Jakes Progress Mar 2017 #66

Dems need to figure out how to get all those poor/middle class Republican voters Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #68

sorry demtenjeep Mar 2017 #2

HSAs, tax credits....doesn't make any difference.... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #15

They have no idea what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck. redstatebluegirl Mar 2017 #3

and yet many of their supporters are just that - broke. Ligyron Mar 2017 #37

I'd love to know the interest rate yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #47

That's exactly what they think. geomon666 Mar 2017 #4

They get it, they just don't give a fuck. Rex Mar 2017 #5

+1000 kairos12 Mar 2017 #11

That is part of their grand plan. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #6

Problem is many of the poor are in the red states that vote for him titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #18

It's part of their religious belief Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #7

Poverty-shaming is slightly more sophisticated HeartachesNhangovers Mar 2017 #8

one of my "favorite" RW expressions: the rich deserve to be rich, the poor deserve to be poor. nt TheFrenchRazor Mar 2017 #46

Yup LoveMyCali Mar 2017 #55

Great post. nt raccoon Mar 2017 #67

Message to citizens who are ill, hurry and die you takers. kairos12 Mar 2017 #9

Poor people have poor ways scscholar Mar 2017 #10

Poor people Turbineguy Mar 2017 #12

This is a real shot at Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #13

The Dems need to talk to these people titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #19

We had our chance, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #22

Telling someone what might happen titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #24

Proof will be in the off year Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #25

Yeah and I know a number of Dems who didn't vote titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #34

Found several myself, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #36

And a hearty... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #56

No,I tell them, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #58

thats the health saving accounts. same problem with tax deductions. drray23 Mar 2017 #14

I believe it's a tax credit, not a tax deduction. subterranean Mar 2017 #40

The reality.... Adrahil Mar 2017 #16

The billionaire played by Robert Vaughan in Christopher Reeves' "Superman III" said, "It's not tblue37 Mar 2017 #32

So many of them feel that way. It explains the whole gay marriage thing too. Adrahil Mar 2017 #61

Oh they GET it. They just don't give a damn. n/t CousinIT Mar 2017 #17

They get it, but Jesus.... mountain grammy Mar 2017 #20

This attitude was particularly... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #57

they know, they don't care Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #21

Republican Jesus has no soul. sarcasmo Mar 2017 #23

This is the Koch Brothers legislation. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #26

Just cash in one of your lower yielding CD's superpatriotman Mar 2017 #27

Yes they do. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #28

This is exactly it!! wcast Mar 2017 #60

this is the problem with america DonCoquixote Mar 2017 #33

The death of America isn't Donald Trump. It's Ayn Rand. Initech Mar 2017 #35

Republican Jesus knows that the poor want to be poor and do not want healthcare. keithbvadu2 Mar 2017 #39

Just die quickly!! aeromanKC Mar 2017 #41

Not just the poor marlakay Mar 2017 #42

True, but... Orrex Mar 2017 #43

Oh, they know it, they just don't care elmac Mar 2017 #44

But Honey . . . They don't CARE! colorado_ufo Mar 2017 #45

They do fucking get it. zentrum Mar 2017 #48

and your right MFM008 Mar 2017 #51

They say you are "lazy" if you're poor SHRED Mar 2017 #49

Not only that, but they EARN every penny of their money. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #69

They get it just fine. Greybnk48 Mar 2017 #52

Taking it to the streets. democratisphere Mar 2017 #53

If you're working at McDonalds bhowle Mar 2017 #54

They think people are poor because they are lazy, not because they were born poor Warpy Mar 2017 #59

just require them to live in our shoes for a month demtenjeep Mar 2017 #62

I'd like to make it a year Warpy Mar 2017 #64

I like it demtenjeep Mar 2017 #65

And tax credits only benefit those with $$ Amaryllis Mar 2017 #63