I'm forever looking to support candidates who will acknowledge the following: (1)That the people with the highest incomes generally contribute the most to the economy, at the same time that they benefit the most from government; (2) That they do pay the major share of taxes; and (3) That they should continue to pay the major share of taxes. But how is a candidate going to display the "charisma" necessary to win their party's nomination with a centrist message like that?
Not to change the subject from Retiring in Canada but I have a theory about this one.
Some time ago, early 90's or so, no please do not quote me on this one. I read some place that 80% of the population made under 27k per year household income. The top 2 - 3% made over
$100k and all the rest fell in between. This does not include retired slobs like myself that choose not to work and live an economical but comfortable existance.
About the same figures were allocated to net worth. The top 3 - 5% of the poulation had a net worth of $1m and the bottom 80% had less than $25k All others floated in between 80 - 95%.
Well based on this one can summise (sp) and this is a general observation. As with all things there are exceptions.
If you make less than and are worth less than the 80% group, you are most likely blue collar, low income, less educated, (drink and smoke heavily ....
I added that for fun) I call these folks the 80%'ers.
Now at election time if you can get the 80%'ers too the polls you will have a landslide. Now, because they are 80%'ers there are a lot less no shows at poll time (Most likely Drunk or coughing up lung chunks.. Nooooo another joke.
Not wanting to offend anyone here) So let's say 50% of them can get to the polls. That still leaves a majority.
So my theory is, right or wrong is that if you are not in that group, you are NOT being courted by the politicians in any way at all.
If the top 1% of the population all turned out to vote, they would have minimal impact on the results.
So, in jest, if you are NOT a cigarette smoking, bourbon drinking lowly paid, ex sanitary worker, now on welfare with some kind of resperatory ailment, you do not even have a snails chance of even remotely having an effect on the final election outcome.
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