Key quote: "We get the sacrifice, they get the wealth."
This gives me the opportunity to write about this phenomenon that Pelosi alludes to in this video. That is, that the Republicans are "for the rich".
But that is not how the votes go. Let's compare how "the rich" vote as compared to a key Democrat constituency, black people. Blacks tend to vote nearly 100% Democrat, but how do "the rich" vote? Actually, from my recollection, in the 2000 election, Al Gore took that vote. So, how does this help Republicans politically? Even if the Gore vote was an outlier, it is pretty obvious that there is no comparison between how "the rich" votes with respect to Republicans and how black vote with respect to Democrats. If the Republicans really were for "the rich", they don't seem to get much out of it politically. If anything, it goes against them.
Who knows? Maybe that's why they call it the "Stupid party". Perhaps there is another explanation. Maybe the Republicans are just trying to do what is the best for the country as a whole. Maybe they aren't trying to help out preferred groups, as the Democrats are doing in case of the blacks, who will, in turn, give them a quid pro quo and support them. Couldn't it be the case that cutting the deficit really is in the best interest of the country? Does that make the Republicans stupid for just trying to do their duty to the people?
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