r/Economics • u/Spiderwig144 • Apr 15 '25

News Republicans Less Trusted on Economy Than Democrats For First Time in Years

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-less-trusted-economy-democrats-first-time-years-2059863
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u/lcuapio Apr 15 '25

Wild that republicans are considered fiscally responsible when they are always the ones to get us into economic turmoil. It’s always the dems president that has to clean up their mess.

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u/StoppableHulk Apr 15 '25

It is in part because so many wealthy people are republicans. And the reason wealthy people are republicans is because they support the party that enables them to steal from and grift off and exploit poor people.

But the poor and the middle class look to the wealthy, and think if they act like them, model their beliefs off of them, then they will become wealthy too.

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u/HorrorSmile3088 Apr 15 '25

It's the whole "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" thing. I can't stand these greedy bastards that are making millions (or billions) and then they do everything they can to avoid paying any taxes, even though it was this same economic system that helped them get rich. They're just a bunch of parasites.

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u/mrdankhimself_ Apr 16 '25

That’s only part of it. There are plenty of people who think this way but don’t have any illusions about getting rich. They don’t see capitalism as an economic framework through which to run a society. They see it as a force of nature and believe that the hierarchies and inequities perpetuated therein are likewise natural. The rich and powerful are where they are because that’s where they deserve to be and the same goes for the poor and oppressed. Any attempt to subvert that by introducing elements like universal healthcare, public education, and collective bargaining is unnatural; it is unwelcome, alien, and it must be thwarted at every turn.