Trump can't win with just the support of the MAGA boys who thrill at Donald's casual racism and misogyny and enabling the invasion of Western Europe. He needs votes from reasonable Republicans who have voted for Trump because they have considered themselves Republicans because they really like lower taxes but they also consider themselves more aligned with the morals of a Mitt Romney than convicted rapist Donald Trump.
Biden made a promise he's kept: he won't raise taxes on incomes less than $400,000. What that means is that if - say - you make $500,000 a year and the difference in marginal tax rate from a Trump to a Biden is 2%, you would pay $2,000 more under a Biden than a Trump presidency. (And actually that has not yet happened but its a fear among many Republicans.) Out of a half a million income. So, essentially 0.4% (that four-tenths of a percent) of your total salary in additional taxes.
Trump will deport young adults who have never known any country but the US but came here "illegally" when they were little kids. Trump will enable Putin to invade countries throughout Western Europe. (Putin is the first European leader since Hitler to invade a neighboring country. Trump supports that.)
If the reasonable Republicans decide that they would need to be paid more than $2,000 to ruin or end so many lives, Trump has no chance of winning in November. The MAGA boys are not enough for a national victory.
R World (Ron Davison muses aloud)
Tribalism runs deep in the republican party. They will do as they're told even if it is against their own best interest.
ReplyDeleteLook at the recent impeachment vote: they had nothing to gain, they knew they were in the wrong, yet they still voted in unison. It's like watching lemmings goose-step over the cliff.
"Strange days indeed. Most peculiar, Momma." ~John Lennon