I wish you were right. But I'm more persuaded by LBJ: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
It's hatreds what count. MAGAts will always be with us, unless the Ds start convincing voters to hate rich guys instead of trans/BIPOC/immigrant/(((liberals))). Fascism is the socialism of fools. It's particularly hard to convert the MAGAts to a better form of socialism, because the well-off well-educated voter is half the D base, and they half-identify with the rich. Not to mention that most D politicians are brain-dead, especially the "centrists." Oy.
While the matching rate for high income states is 50 percent, in West Virginia's the federal government pays about 75 percent of Medicaid expenditures and the state share is 25 percent. The federal share is also high for other low-income red states.
I would also urge us to look forward: to a future in which Republicans have a genuine fear of being sent to prison for their crimes.
I wish you were right. But I'm more persuaded by LBJ: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
It's hatreds what count. MAGAts will always be with us, unless the Ds start convincing voters to hate rich guys instead of trans/BIPOC/immigrant/(((liberals))). Fascism is the socialism of fools. It's particularly hard to convert the MAGAts to a better form of socialism, because the well-off well-educated voter is half the D base, and they half-identify with the rich. Not to mention that most D politicians are brain-dead, especially the "centrists." Oy.
That's been true for a while, but it was still possible to elect Obama and Biden. Something has changed.
While the matching rate for high income states is 50 percent, in West Virginia's the federal government pays about 75 percent of Medicaid expenditures and the state share is 25 percent. The federal share is also high for other low-income red states.