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"A massive body of evidence shows that....[s]elf-interest has no more than sporadic marginal effects on political views."

Posted by ty97 Sep 18 '12, 10:14

"The 47% won't vote for Obama "no matter what." Almost half of voters who earn less than the median income vote Republican in the typical election. A person doesn't support the nanny state because he wants government to take care of him; a person supports the nanny state because he wants government to take care of us. I say this even though I'm far more opposed to the nanny state than Romney has ever been."

Ignoring the title, the meat of this is rather interesting. (econlog.econlib.org)

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This is what mystifies me. He seems to lack a very basic understanding of his own base. A whole lot of elderly and working poor vote Republican. -- nm - mara Sep 18, 10:21 2
- They really need to do to determine how many people idenify as part of the no-tax group. - ty97 Sep 18, 10:22 1
  - insert polls up there -- nm - ty97 Sep 18, 10:22
So, all politics is *vicariously* local. -- nm - Max Sep 18, 10:19

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"A massive body of evidence shows that....[s]elf-interest has no more than sporadic marginal effects on political views."

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