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Why do some people think Conservatives are class warriors for the elite?

I personally have never heard a conservative argue in favor of any elite group over any other group. So I don't know where this idea comes from. Is it because they argue in favor of fair and equitable taxation and not fall for that class warfare of taxing the rich?

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    That's what the media tell them to think.

    I pay $5 for a hamburger and a rich person pays $5 for a hamburger, that is fair. Yes, it impacts me more because I have less total money, but that is irrelevant. We are both getting the exact same thing so we both pay the exact same price. But when I say I should pay 10% taxes and a rich man should pay 10% taxes, again being perfectly fair, then the sheep have been trained by the media to froth at the mouth and speak in tongues. It's a religion, there is no thought involved, only blind faith and repetition of dogma.

  • NikS
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Im a conservative and in no ay "elite" I have to bust my butt for my income. I have traditional values however, and believe a hard days labor earns a days pay. I don't believe in handouts, and I think that struggle is the path to enlightenment. You cannot lift people up when they don't realize they are down.

  • I VOTE
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    They didn't want to raise the taxes on the top 1% then weeks later fought to raise the payroll taxes for the middle class....

  • so.. you don't get out much?

    Mitt just talked about lowering taxes on the rich AGAIN... after he said he only paid 14 percent...

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