Look nearly all the way down to the next to the bottom circle on this graph, if that's the right term for it. You'll have to click on the image to see it full size and even then you may have to put your face up to your computer screen. What was the second most likely group to donate to Donald Trump -- the disabled. You'd think Republicans would care more about this group.
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OMG! It’s even worse than I thought it would be! Somehow, each and everyone of us must try to reach out to these individuals and educate them a little about Political Party’s. It’s truly sad these folks constantly vote against their own economic interests.
I do not understand why 93% of those listed as "disabled or on disability" out of 9700 donors would donate to the Trump campaign because in January 2020, Trump's budget proposal proposed cutting $72 billion from SSDI and SSI over 10 years, reducing SSI, and cutting $1.4 trillion from Medicaid over 10 years.
Not a fan of Trump (and it has nothing to do with politics, rather how he treats women, I'm nonpartisan, I vote for the most qualified candidate, just as I would hire an employee), however, he did say he wouldn't mess with social-net programs. Those who believed him, voted for him. IN THIS CASE, he mostly held his promise well. That's just my interpretation of the, um.... bubble graph. Isn't there more of a normal graph they could use? Makes me think they're all sitting there blowing bubbles.... hence the long wait on the phone? d;-)
Why should they? They get their undying support no matter what their policies might be, so why risk alienating the “small government,” austerity, or “they should bootstrap it up” crowds that make up the majority of the base?
How many people have even heard of the Federal Register?? Just look at how few comments and page views there are for the proposals and notices published there. Very, very few of these donors are aware of the harmful disability policy changes that the Trump SSA has been working on. Maybe the national news media could do a better job educating voters about things that REALLY affect their daily lives?? Yeah, right.
I'd love to see that charted with an IQ on the Z axis.
@10:15 - You made my morning.... hahaha! Thanks for that!
This is not surprising considering many of these people consistently vote against their own interests in the name of identity politics and fear.
If you talk to many of my clients and potential clients for SSD, they all believe there's rampant fraud in SSD claims. How many times have you had clients explain to you that "my neighbor, friend, guy down the street, etc. gets disability and he's not as disabled as me"? Several times per week for this attorney. And while I promptly explain the facts to them regarding fraud (or the lack thereof) in SSD and explain that you can't judge who is and is not disabled by just looking at them in public, it mostly falls of deaf ears.
If there's one thing I've noticed it's that disabled claimants or those alleging they are disabled are very much focused on only themselves to a fault. Of course, being in the position they are with nothing but a miniscule social safety net standing between them being able to pay the rent and being homeless (and then being denied access to that safety net by a person they've never interacted with), I can't exactly blame them for having that perspective so I excuse their comments due to them understandably needing to maintain their focus on their own claim and their own health struggles. The politics of fear is effective on this demographic because most have lost everything and they're struggling to keep what they do have.
Factor in the constant culture wars and the narrative that their benefits are in jeopardy because illegals, people of color, etc. are taking them fraudulently that they get from Fox News and it makes perfect sense that these people would be Trumpers.
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