In our two party system, we are told the well heeled tend to lean toward the Republican party, while the downtrodden masses favor the Democrats.
The Democrats tell us how the other side panders to the rich, while ignoring the poor. If they didn't, they would lose their base and flounder as a party.
The Republicans tell us how the other side panders to big government, stealing the money from the elite. If they didn't, they would lose their base and flounder as a party.
It appears the Democrats promise to raise our lot in life; providing better education and higher paying jobs, the Garden of Eden for all. If they keep their promises, would we then all need to turn to the Republicans; to sustain this new found lifestyle?
So maybe there is a method to the madness, as the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. We sustain the two party system.
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An interesting fact from digesting the 2004 election data, is that while the rich tend to vote Republican, and the poor tend to vote Democratic, the rich with the most education tend to vote democratic, too.
But, I think you're onto something...both parties are taking the middle class for granted, and why not? Because due to the actions of both parties, soon there won't be a middle class, nor any middle class votes to be courted.
And the sad part is we are letting them do it without even the slightest whimper.
The sad thing is that both parties believe that a third party would cause the other "established" party to run the government for decades. That is why Libertarians haven't split from the Republican Party and the Green for the most part stay in the Democratic Party. The parties are in it for powers sake.
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