Paul Krugman's lament in the NYT this morning; "What's wrong with Ohio'', can just as easily refer to any state where a majority of working class white people vote for a political party that doesn't even pretend to address their economic interests. Instead, transgender bathrooms and abortion bans are the order of the day.
A glance at the House Republican budget is instructive. Aside from using the word ''woke" 37 times, the document advocates raising the retirement age for social security purposes to 70 years and dismantling Obamacare. this in the face of evidence the lifespan of the average person without a college degree is actually going down. Many thousands of people under that scenario will die before ever collecting a dime from Social Security. I guess they will die happy, knowing SNAP benefits will also be cut under the GOP plan and billionaires will probably snag another tax cut thanks to their sacrifice.
Meanwhile, they seem to favor a former reality show star who has been judged a rapist, a fraudster and who is being tried as an insurrectionist. The mind boggles.
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