Re:Why are Americans so angry?
by marknutter on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:58PM
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> But this is counting your chickens before they hatch. Make $250,000 first... Then advocate for tax cuts to that bracket.
So by that logic nobody living above the poverty line should ever advocate for policies that benefit those living below it.
No, the poster you are responding to didn't say that at all, or even imply it. Presumably the reason these cases are different, despite being symmetrical, is that if you're already pretty well off you can probably spare some benefits to yourself for benefits to others. In other words, maybe you don't need that tax break because you were already doing pretty well anyways, so help somebody else out.
But this is counting your chickens before they hatch. Make $250,000 first... Then advocate for tax cuts to that bracket.
Doing otherwise just makes the advocate a Useful Idiot. [1] You're expending your money and energy to make someone far better off then the majority of the electorate even better off - at theirs, and your expense. I would understand if this is done for selfish reasons - but when you're a pauper, Rockefeller doesn't need your charity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot