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Originally Posted by cuserounder
I wouldn't want a 10% raise or 20% raise when the trade off is poor people dying from a lack of healthcare, DREAMers being deported, numerous races being insulted by a racist president, and on and on. There are a lot of things worth more to me than money, and not all of them have to do with me.
Its off the subject of the OP but your post gives me the opportunity to see how many of you agree with me that no more than a third of Democratic voters feel nearly as strongly as you do. The rest pretty much are:
The slightly empathetic/idealistic who would not go as far as 10%
Those who personally feel threatened by Republican policies who would change their mind if they thought it was to their benefit (regardless of how it affected others.)
Rich, often celebrity types, who realize how lucky they got to have their talent and be in the right place at the right time, especially in a country that tolerates extreme income inequality; who now feel a little guilty about it. But not to the point where they would even slightly give up their station in life to fix it. (Exception: Nicholas Kristoff in my opinion)
Other rich people who fear that not supporting Democrat policies just might turn them into Marie Antoinettes.
I have been saying similar stuff for quite a while. I wonder whether two recent events may force more of you to admit that I a right. I speak of the willingness of many anti Trumpers to move toward him based on the small bonuses being given out, And the large number of those who called themselves pro DACA but only if it didn't entail the mild inconvenience of a government shutdown.