Ok, so the urban leftist elite don't get "Joe Six Pack". Then why don't the working people go left on their own?
Here's the thing: they did. They just don't know it. The rural populace gobble all sorts of government programs, from farm subsidies to electric power generation. Most of the solid Republican states receive more federal spending than they pay.
And the GOP knows it, so it keeps Farm Subsidies off the table while it takes pot-shots at NPR.
Here's the thing: they did. They just don't know it. The rural populace gobble all sorts of government programs, from farm subsidies to electric power generation. Most of the solid Republican states receive more federal spending than they pay.
And the GOP knows it, so it keeps Farm Subsidies off the table while it takes pot-shots at NPR.