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global1

(25,253 posts)
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:45 PM Jun 2017

I Don't Know If It Will Help - But Maybe We Need To Embarrass The Wealthiest Individuals....

in the U.S. that support the Repugs Health Care bill.

Surely embarrassment doesn't work on the Senators and Congress critters - but - maybe we need to start paying attention to those that are going to benefit from this healthcare bill - which is really a money grab and giveaway to those people that least need more money.

Surely - as human beings they must have some compassion for the people that they are fleecing.

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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
1. Totally agree!
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:49 PM
Jun 2017

It would be fun to see Fox News lose their shit over their laughable charge of "Class Warfare", when the right has have been engaged in class warfare since Reagan in 1980.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
2. They don't care and have nothing but disdain for the poor..
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:51 PM
Jun 2017

I had a job working for a guy who was the richest millionaire from his state. When I traveled, he allowed me to stay at private clubs, not hotels,of which he was a member, the membership fee annually was prob my entire yearly salary or more.He had nothing for disdain for folks without money, he could not relate to them, at all...poor had no concept in his world.
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
4. You might be onto something.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:58 PM
Jun 2017

Run a commercial using pictures of three or four individuals who will greatly benefit. Call them by name. Others won't know if they wil be in the next round of commercials.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
6. I wrote a thread a couple of days ago on this subject and it has a list!
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:13 PM
Jun 2017
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029241814

This leads to Forbes richest 400 people who would benefit from the tax cut. I am sure you will be extremely surprised to see none other than Trump on that list ....

Sam

procon

(15,805 posts)
7. The rich live in gated compounds because they don't want any contact
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:25 PM
Jun 2017

with people they view as lesser beings. They don't need to have compassion in their world. They worship wealth and consider greed a desirable goal, so from their POV, why would they feel embarrassed about getting more money?

Rich people are not likely to agree to anything that makes them less wealthy. Any change is going to have to start from the bottom up by convincing voters that their interests are best served by the party that has clear policies to improve their lives. Democrats need to get in the game. We have the policies to help people, the Republicans don't, but they excel at selling their crazy brand and delivering false messages much better than we do.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. It is nearly impossible to embarrass sociopaths, which is what most of these people are.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:21 PM
Jun 2017

They have no shame. As long as they are raking in the money, they could give a damn what other people think of them.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
10. They're not embarrassable. (Is that a word?!)
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:29 PM
Jun 2017

They don't feel shame. There's no empathy.

It would probably be better to get through to those who are hurting. And those who are barely clinging to the middle class. And those who are middle class and know it can slip away with harmful Republican policies. And get their asses to the polls in a massive GOTV effort in EVERY election. Obama has said minorities and the young don't vote in midterms -- that needs to change!

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
12. I think we need to publicize everything about them.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:53 PM
Jun 2017

Names, locations, family, what they pay in taxes on what income, what they donate to charity.

AmandaRuth

(3,105 posts)
13. i feel this way in general for all tRump supporters
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:55 PM
Jun 2017

The first question should always be 1) do you support the bannon and the rise of Alt Right, and the cover they gave trump?

Why the media is not asking this to every R, every R industry head and so forth, I don't know. What is happening in this country is not normal, and the tRump supporters that brought us to this point should own it, and should be outed.

IMHO

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