tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post3316293231809951486..comments2023-07-29T05:26:52.399-04:00Comments on Curious Business: Curio City Endorses...Ken Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151768797194526672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post-52905908537021378142012-09-07T14:22:51.290-04:002012-09-07T14:22:51.290-04:00I changed 1% to 5% at the last minute, without res...I changed 1% to 5% at the last minute, without researching the actual dollar amount, because I think that "the 1%," being the Occupy slogan, makes a lot of people automatically tune out. Plus I speak as somebody whose personal income barely makes it into the teens and whose household income hasn't approached six figures since the Clinton administration...so my scale is unusually low. <br /><br />I agree that the Republican Party's success in frightening voters into opposing their own best interests is a mark of genius that I will never understand. Nobody who earns less than $250k should even entertain the thought of voting for Romney, and yet much of his party's base is poor and uneducated.<br /><br />BTW, I voted for Jill Stein over Mitt Romney for governor of MA in 2002, and I look forward to supporting her against him again 10 years later.Ken Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151768797194526672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31036985.post-12772585851466778832012-09-07T13:30:17.836-04:002012-09-07T13:30:17.836-04:00An awesome and insightful analysis, Mr. Mayor. I ...An awesome and insightful analysis, Mr. Mayor. I disagree about the 95th percentile being a sensible breakpoint to start voting Republican out of economic self interest, though. This is currently about $167k/year, and these are not the people that Republican policies actually favor. Perhaps the top 1% (about $350k/year) should vote Republican, but it is only the top .01% (about $5.5M/year) that are big winners. A lot of people hope to become a 1%'er and support policies that favor them, but they are mostly voting against their own self-interest, as class mobility has been progressively decreasing as the oligarchs ever more efficiently remove all the money from circulation. <br />jbrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com