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In reply to the discussion: Violent Tea Party Mob Attacks Media. [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)So that means most of the local baggers are poor. But as John Steinbeck said, they think of themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. So they'll scream about blood sucking leeches on welfare but don't you dare touch their food stamps or throw them off Medicaid, etc. Maybe they excuse themselves by feeling they would work and/or get better wages if they only had opportunities, but these damned minorities keep taking all the jobs! (Never mind that the supposedly stolen jobs aren't here in the first place, and these baggers refuse to see they're being robbed blind by the really rich via corporate welfare etc.)
Of course every area is different. And I do realize that quite a few baggers are less than poor themselves - but terrified of becoming poor.