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Originally Posted by JohnR
Jim - why are so few people willing to recognize this?
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Maybe there's another reason. If liberals know this to be true deep down, there's a political advantage to denying it. If they let the Republicans say it, the Democrats can then say "did you hear what he said! He doesn't care about poor people in other countries, he doesn't want them here, so he's probably racist too. I am morally superior, so vote for me!". It works.
Here in CT, we have MASSIVE problems with unfunded pensions. The Democrats won't touch it. So when Republican says "this is not a tenable situation", the Democrats can pounce on him and say "aha! Did you hear that! He wants to steal your pensions, and give the money to his buddies who manage hedge funds! Vote for me, because I think they deserve the pensions they were promised!!" Yet they never, ever say how they will fund them.
I think there's a lot of that from the left. It's dishonest and destructive, almost to the point of calling it diabolical.