The biggest scam is that the wealthy have managed to convince even the poorest that they are just a "little hard work" away from being a successful owner of family business or the next Donald Trump. It is the American Dream.
So ... they should vote accordingly and just get their future selves those nice tax cuts for when they become wealthy.
There is also the good'ol "trickle down" trick. Vote for us and we'll trickle it down, we promise...
Steinbeck: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
I was pretty surprised when I learned about Huey Long - he was a genuinely left-wing US pre-war politician (including Governor of Louisiana and Senator).
"I am not poor, I am just pre-wealthy".
The biggest scam is that the wealthy have managed to convince even the poorest that they are just a "little hard work" away from being a successful owner of family business or the next Donald Trump. It is the American Dream.
So ... they should vote accordingly and just get their future selves those nice tax cuts for when they become wealthy.
There is also the good'ol "trickle down" trick. Vote for us and we'll trickle it down, we promise...