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My inlaws and nephew were in a picture with the Queen of Insanity. They were holding GOP signs as well.
They're staunch republicans.
My question is, how do I tactfully disown them?
It's too bad too. I like my Inlaws.
I'm kidding really, but their support of republicans is really generational. "we've always been republican." Even though they're getting close to retirement and the current GOP wants to destroy the social safety net they'll have to depend on. They're family farmers, so if their GOP gets its way, their health insurance premiums will easily quadruple because they'll deregulate the health insurance industry. No medicare as well, that's too expensive. Social security will be a thing of the past so my Inlaws will have to work until they fall over dead in the field.
They'll say something about personal responsibility. I'll then ask about the responsibility that investment bankers and wall street have in creating this new depression. They let their rampant greed take control. They lobbied congress to remove all regulation on their new "investment tools" and created a massive profit juggernaut that fell over and blew up the economy. Instead of taking responsibility for their actions, they demanded congress pay for their mistakes. They privatized the profits, and socialized the bad debts. They then took a huge check from the government and put it right in their pockets, while destroying jobs and saying "it's for austerity." They step back and look at the economy and say, "Look at the mess everyone else is in" without even acknowledging THEY created the mess.
Where's the responsibility now?
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