I'm sorry, you dont understand what I said do you?
You mean, do I understand that the Democratic party paints the Republican party as being controlled by corporations?
Yes.
Do I understand that's just a caricature? Yes, I do.
Do I understand that the philosophical beliefs of each party brings their nearly identical goals to completely different practical regulations? Yes.
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Democrats and Republicans both believe that taking care of the poor and needy is a top priority.
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Democrats don't trust the individual public to take care of the needy.
They believe that the government is the only organization that can do so.
They also believe that the Rich should pay for taking care of the needy.
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Republicans don't trust the government to take care of the needy.
They believe that each person has a personal responsibility to do so.
They also believe that each person has a responsibility to pay for taking care of the needy.
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Some fun facts:
Democrats and Republicans pay the same taxes.
The average income of states that vote Democratic in Presidential elections is 6% higher than the average income in states that vote Republican in Presidential elections.
States who vote Republican in Presidential elections give much more to charity than states who vote Democratic (per capita).
The first aid organizations on the scene after Hurricane Katrina were not government based. They were faith based organizations.
These organizations brought and supplied basic supplies to give to the survivors of hurricane Katrina and were responsible for keeping the situation from getting much worse.
These organizations arrived mere hours after Katrina subsided (not days... hours).
Being religious southern organizations these were mostly evangelical Christians (I have no stats, but the south is heavily Evangelical Christian).
Evangelical Christians are the far right of the Republican party (generalization, but one most are comfortable making).
My point being. Republicans believe in a different philosophy, but they REALLY believe in that philosophy, and stick their money and their time where they believe they should.
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So, yes... I do understand that you repeated a caricature of the parties that they paint for the public.
And yes, I do understand that it shows a solid lack of understanding of the American political system and how complicated the different views are that are represented in politics.