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galsinspace · 21 days ago

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Dear god my little sister has no real world perspective on politics

A young woman working a firmly middle class job who still lives with her parents, no expenses, never had to struggle with money, will never be rich either, and her political opinions boil down to "we shouldn't spend more money on pensions because it will come out of my taxes"

Talking about anything political with her is so insanely frustrating like she really thinks that she is the one most affected by taxes, and simultaneously she thinks that she's in danger of poverty at an old age. Girl there are politicians who want to fight elderly poverty but you think they're trying to steal from you???

#personal #she has never touched grass in her life she's so susceptible to conservative bullshit #our parents at least have reasons to be frustrated with “tax the rich” style politics #because they're in the highest tax bracket of our country despite just being upper middle class academics #so whenever people want to raise taxes on the rich they think that means them #when my “tax the rich” opinion is that there should simply be MORE tax brackets for FAR RICHER people #and less loopholes!#but like at least i get where they're coming from #my sister? her politics are based on reading conservative newspapers #girl you've had it so easy your whole life why is your main enemy the people who have less than you...#what do you think should happen to elderly people living in poverty NOW

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