"What working class whites really think about dependency and redistribution"

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What working class whites really think about dependency and redistribution

By Greg Sargent at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/what-working-class-whites-really-think-about-dependency-and-redistribution/2012/09/20/dffcd25c-0353-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_reddit

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Nearly two thirds of working class whites want to hike taxes on those over $1 million. More than half say one of our biggest problems is that we “don’t give everyone an equal chance in life.” Seventy-eight percent of them blame America’s economic problems on corporations moving jobs overseas and 69 percent on Wall Street making risky decisions.

In fairness, 69 percent also blame government regulation and 64 percent blame Obama’s policies. But as Molly Ball notes, there is clearly a strong strain of economic populism and a powerful skepticism about unfettered capitalism among them.

And this gets us back to what this is all about. Obama is hammering Romney over Bain outsourcing, his own wealth and low tax rates, his proposed tax cuts for the rich, and the ways the overall Romney/Ryan agenda would redistribute wealth upward, because these voters are clearly receptive to this kind of populism. Romney, meanwhile, is countering all that with his own message about all the ways Obama allegedly wants to redistribute wealth downward to the dependent poor, a narrative that may also resonate with their views.

Romney will likely win this vote decisively. But as this study shows, there are clearly aspects of Obama’s message and Romney’s business past and priorities that could give enough of them pause to prevent Romney from getting them in the overwhelming numbers he needs .

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[JRLeft]

1. If they remove Faux and Rush from out of their brains, it will help them make the

decision that is best for their wallets.

[Lex]

2. Many won't vote this time I think.

Because they can't square themselves with either Obama or Romney. That is probably better for Obama than Romney.