[面子大過一切] 佛州拒絕聯邦政府撥款起高鐵

原帖由 sea1986 於 2011-2-18 02:38 發表
至於茶黨問題
相信唔會話「好多」窮人去支持茶黨
主要參加者都係一啲中產甚至富裕人士
佢地批評奧巴馬政府過去兩年出錢救商界
引致一直奉行小政府大市場主導既美國變成大政府小市場
茶黨比本身屬保守派既共和黨更加保守、更加激進
佢地縱使以非暴力反政府
但由於茶黨精神領袖佩林之前既言論過份偏激，甚至鼓吹暴力
尤其發生Arizona槍擊案後
導致現時茶黨喺美國社會上同暴力、激進已經畫上等號

至於上面有人話有錢人唔支持茶黨或者共和黨
其實係相反
民主黨係反而受中低收入既人支持
有錢人支持共和黨既
主要原因係民主黨上台後福利有增冇減
結果成日被共和黨攻擊貼錢養懶人
反而共和黨親商界立場得到有錢人支持
因為自2000布殊上台後，推行富人減稅優惠
親華爾街、親企業姿態令有錢人得益
共和黨上台時富則越富、窮則越窮
係奧巴馬上台後遇上美國經濟差
失業人士飆升、於是福利開支大升
先至引致上面茶黨運動既興起

Mostly correct, but the Tea Party has indeed been able to garner support from the poor whites in the southeast (especially in states like Texas); look at the mid-term election results.

Thanks to the Republican propaganda machine known as Fox News (aka Faux News) and radio talk hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck who routinely disseminate false information to the public, quite a lot of people believe in things like "Obama is a radical Muslim born in Kenya", "only the private sector can generate meaningful jobs" and "global warming is the greatest hoax on earth". Over the past two years, the Tea Party propaganda has been particularly capable of falsely tying every single social and economic issue to jobs. For example:
- Why not support universal healthcare? "Because it kills jobs!"
- Why not support food safety? "Because it kills jobs!"
- Why not support cap and trade? "Because it kills jobs!!"
- Why not regulate air pollutant emissions? "Because it kills jobs!!"

Absent the ability to think critically and differentiate between good and bad information, those blue-collar, poorly educated workers who listen to this kind of propaganda every day naturally believe in every single thing that the Republicans say - that Democrats conspire to destroy the greatest country on earth - and end up voting against their own interests in the elections. Of course, now that the GOP has secured a majority in the House of Representatives, they are not concerned about jobs anymore but are concerned with things like destroying Obama's earlier victories, notably the healthcare reform (even though I, for one, don't approve of that because it's not liberal enough) despite the fact that maintaing the status quo would add something like $230 billion to the deficit in 10 years.

Of course, in west coast states like California and Washington, the situation is different. In California, for example, the mid-term elections outcome was in stark contrast to the national trend - almost every Republican with a major position was unseated. Most poor people and Latinos here indeed support Democrats. Of course, the Republican propaganda machines are tying the support for Democrats to the demise of California and are saying that we people are nuts. Some are proposing that the University of California should be dismantled to save money - of course for their own benefit because the state would lose a key driver behind much of the successful liberal agenda over the years.

原帖由 FBI2 於 2011-2-17 23:47 發表

講真,佛州唔肯起高鐵,咪繼續益廉航囉(不過廉航好少去佛州)....不過咁都好,至少西岸能夠加快發展,減少5和101的擠塞.

No, budget airlines are very strong in Florida - Southwest, Airtran and Jetblue all have substantial operations in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.