Poll Shows Most Republicans Think People Are Poor Because They Don't Work Hard Enough

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – JANUARY 23, 2014, 7:31 AM EST

Whether you're rich or poor, Republicans believe that's on you.

New findings released Thursday by Pew showed that most Republicans think rich people are largely responsible for their socioeconomic status. They also feel the same way about poor people.

Fifty-seven percent of GOP voters said that a person is rich because "he or she worked harder than others," while just 32 percent attribute it to advantages they enjoyed. The results are almost completely flipped among Democrats.

Overall, 51 percent of Americans said that people are wealthy due to advantages in life, while 38 percent said it had more to do with hard work.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/republican-voters-pew-income-inequality-poor-rich

[unblock]

1. and that migrant farm work is so back-breakingly hard that they need to pay below minimum wage.

[onehandle]

2. I think poor people are poor because they don't vote often enough.

If they had voted in 2010, we would be far better off with jobs and the safety net.

[Jamaal510]

19. +1

[Gothmog]

3. The right is really into the makers vs takers crap

This polling does not surprise me

[polichick]

11. And, amazingly, they don't see corporations as takers...

even with all the subsidies and tax breaks they get.

[rock]

4. Well, they are called republicans because they're ignorant

[tanyev]

5. Funny, for many years I worked very hard juggling 2, sometimes 3, jobs.

It covered all my necessities, with a little bit to spare, but then I had the good fortune to fall in love with and marry a man who earned 3 times what I was making. Now I get to work part-time and we are financially comfortable. It had nothing to do with my "hard work" and every day I am grateful for it.

[Awknid]

6. I had a rich guy say to me one time,

Well I had to lie, cheat and steal, why shouldn't you?

They know that they didn't work harder and are just trying to tell themselves otherwise.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. By that logic

People whom work 2 to 3 jobs should be 2-3 times richer than the average 1 job CEO, right?

[bigdarryl]

8. Republicans are STUPID FUCKS!!!!!

[polichick]

10. There have been some studies that suggest conservatives are not good at...

connecting dots - like on standardized tests where you have to think things through logically.

[Yavin4]

9. The laziest people that I have met in my 50 years of living have tended to be...

rich people.

[Pakhet]

12. My Aunt told me exactly that n/t

[CANDO]

13. Mitt Romney works harder than others?

You've got to be kidding me! The man doesn't know the definition of work.

[Herself]

14. the gop is merely whipping their slaves. They will pull a horse blind, shoot it and feed it

to the poor and call it christian charity!

[sakabatou]

15. Poll shows once again, Republicans out of touch with reality

[otohara]

16. Children of The Very Wealthy Don't Work

much...or at all.

[reflection]

17. The rich will work harder if we give them more

and the poor will work harder if we give them less.

The Republican mindset in a nutshell.

[kairos12]

18. Trust Funders whose only calluses are in their hearts.

[Jamaal510]

20. It all makes sense!

Everybody knows it's hard work thinking of tall tales daily to tell millions of Americans like Bill O'Reilly does!