[FRIAM] interesting - if true

[Frank Wimberly]

I don't earn any money but I receive more annually than I ever earned.  I
guess you could say that I earned it in the past but that's not clear.  Are
there lots of people in my situation?  I vote Democrat.

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 12:53 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Didn't we know that already?
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>
>> I encountered the following assertions but have not been able to confirm
>> or refute.
>>
>> 65% of Americans earning $500,000/yr or more are registered Democrats and
>> 74% of those earning $100,000 or less are Registered Republican.
>> (Supposedly, IRS is source, but I can find it.)
>>
>> The 20 wealthiest Congressional Districts have Democratic
>> representatives. (How was wealth measured?)
>>
>> 17 of the 20 wealthiest zip codes gave more money to Democrats than
>> Republicans. (
>>
>> More than half of the wealthiest individuals (Forbes list I guess) in the
>> US, consistently support, in words and contributions (how would anyone
>> know) "liberal democratic" values and causes.
>>
>> If these were true, it would be interesting to the extent it belies the
>> caricatures of the Republican party as the bastion of the plutocrats and
>> the Democratic party as the champion of the working class.
>>
>> davew
>>
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