08-19-2023, 06:45 AM
(08-19-2023, 02:46 AM)Dill Wrote: My ears aren't so good so I had to look up the lyrics to follow them:
“Well God, if you’re 5-foot-3 and you’re 300 pounds/ Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.”
This doesn't sound down-the-middle-against-division; are rich men north of Richmond pro welfare or pro tax cuts?
For this part of the world, that is a very centrist position to be honest. But as I point out on the regular, the majority of Americans do not hold ideologies so much as form ad hoc opinions on issues.
It's very common around these parts for folks to have that sort of view while at the same time looking for protections and benefits for the working class. It is a very Appalachian viewpoint where there is a pride in not relying on welfare while at the same time benefitting from programs that give them a hand up. The whole "hand up not a hand out" mentality is a prevalent one in these mountains and they do not understand the nuances involved in those policies the way someone like you and I do.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
