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Here's Why Poor People Keep Voting Against Their Own Self Interest

Here's Why Poor People Keep Voting Against Their Own Self Interest

An explanation for liberals who don't get it

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An Aldi store
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If you are living on beans, rice and the tomatoes from your garden, and you see someone else at the grocery store use a SNAP card to pay for a cart full of treats you can’t afford, there’s no way you aren’t going to feel like a chump.

This explains why some working-class people hate welfare. These folks are working thei…

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