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In reply to the discussion: I just want to make one thing clear about the Maine Senate race [View all]BlueKota
(5,613 posts)because they stand up for civil rights especially for women and minorities. They are also generally not as enthralled by nepo-babies as the righties. That myth that "you too can be billionaire, if you work hard enough is one of the most insulting and erroneous beliefs that I've ever heard. Most of them are only rich because one of the ancestors got wealthy and kept willing it to the next generation. Golfing and business luncheons are not work.
My Dad worked from age 14 through 79 and a lot of overtime hours. My sister worked from age 16 to age 65 with a lot of overtime too. My Mom was a nurse until she had my sister and I. I worked until my anxiety and depression disabled me. We made it to the middle class, working harder than a lot of those billionaire hypocrites and systems ever did, and oh yeah we always paid our taxes and our bills.
We also didnt try to sell our faith like a commodity to gain wealth & status, and always were taught as long as people didn't purposefully harm other people or pets, live and let live.
Very few repukes even come close to sharing any of the values I was taught to honor or hold close to my soul.