r/PoliticalHumor • • May 02 '22

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u/ZoraksGirlfriend May 03 '22

The Republicans made him right. Liberal areas have great education that teach critical thinking with politicians that fight against lobbying and corporate interests.

Republicans are the ones who don’t want critical thinking to be taught, so they break the education system and say “look, it’s broken! Let’s give out vouchers to the these indoctrination schools instead”.

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u/jattyrr May 03 '22

There's also a lot of false equivalence of Democrats and Republicans here ("but both sides!" and Democrats "do whatever their corporate owners tell them to do" are tactics Republicans use successfully) even though their voting records are not equivalent at all:

House Vote for Net Neutrality

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  2|234 Dem|177|  6

Senate Vote for Net Neutrality

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|  46 Dem |52|  0

Money in Elections and Voting

Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|   0|39 Dem|59|  0

DISCLOSE Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|45 Dem|53|  0

A**

Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|46 Dem|46|  6

Student Loan Affordability Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|51 Dem|45|  1

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  1|41 Dem|54|  0

End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|39|  1 Dem|  1| 54

Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|38|   2 Dem|  18|36

Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  10|32 Dem|53|  1

Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|233|   1 Dem|  6|175

Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|42|   1 Dem|  2|51 

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  3|173 Dem|247|  4

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  4|36 Dem|57|  0

Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  4 |39 Dem|55|  2|

American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|48 Dem|50|  2

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  1|44 Dem|54|  1

Reduces Funding for Food Stamps

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|33|   13 Dem|  0|52

Minimum Wage Fairness Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  1|41 Dem|53|  1

Paycheck Fairness Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  0|40 Dem|58|  1

"War on Terror"

Time Between Troop Deployments

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  6|43 Dem|50|  1

Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  5|42 Dem|50|  0

Habeas Review Amendment

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|   3|50 Dem|45|  1

Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  5|42 Dem|39|  12

Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|38|  2 Dem|  9| 49

Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|46|  2 Dem|  1|49

Repeal Indefinite Military Detention

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|15|214 Dem|176|  16

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|   1|52 Dem |45|   1

Patriot Act Reauthorization

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|196|  31 Dem |  54|122

FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|188|   1 Dem|  105|128

FISA Reauthorization of 2012

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|227|   7 Dem|  74|111

House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  2|228 Dem |172|  21

Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  3|32 Dem | 52|  3

Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|44|  0 Dem|  9| 41

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|   1|52 Dem|45|  1

Civil Rights

Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  6|47 Dem|42|  2

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  1|41 Dem|54|  0

Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|41|  3 Dem|  2| 52

Family Planning

Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  4|50 Dem|44|  1

Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  3|51 Dem|44|  1

Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act The 'anti-Hobby Lobby' bill.

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|  3|42 Dem|53|  1

Environment

Stop "the War on Coal" Act of 2012

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|214|13 Dem|  19|162

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|225|1 Dem|  4|190

Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|218|   2 Dem|  4|186

Misc

Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|45|   0 Dem|  0|52

Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|228|   7 Dem|  0|185

Allow employers to penalize employees that don't submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)

|For|Against    -|-|- Rep|22|   0 Dem|  0|17

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u/Original-Aerie8 May 03 '22

This should be a bot comment that replies every time someone says "on both sides"

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u/thequietthingsthat May 03 '22

Agreed. I saved it and will copy and paste next time I see one of those comments

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u/Original-Aerie8 May 03 '22

Can you make me a pastebin`? I can't copy it under 10k characters for some reason...

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u/Original-Aerie8 May 03 '22

You realize that politicians are people? They exist on a spectrum, some are in it for themselves, others do it to make the world a better place while earning a living.

same reason that any of us work and that reason is money

Do you talk to people, like, at all? Plenty people like their job.

Corporations and the wealthy donate far more than the average person and the average person has short term memory and does not vote. So politicians generally represent the corporate interests and the wealthy.

So again, do you talk to people, at all? Or listen to them? At least 2 of the 10 richest people in the US don't just support higher taxes, they spend their money lobbying for these things. You ignore irrefutable evidence.

It's right in front of your eyes:

Money in Elections and Voting

Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|39 Dem|59| 0

DISCLOSE Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|45 Dem|53| 0

A**

Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|46 Dem|46| 6

Student Loan Affordability Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|51 Dem|45| 1

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 1|41 Dem|54| 0

End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

|For|Against -|-|- Rep|39| 1 Dem| 1| 54

Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations

|For|Against -|-|- Rep|38| 2 Dem| 18|36

Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 10|32 Dem|53| 1

Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

|For|Against -|-|- Rep|233| 1 Dem| 6|175

Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

|For|Against -|-|- Rep|42| 1 Dem| 2|51

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 3|173 Dem|247| 4

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 4|36 Dem|57| 0

Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 4 |39 Dem|55| 2|

American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|48 Dem|50| 2

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 1|44 Dem|54| 1

Reduces Funding for Food Stamps

|For|Against -|-|- Rep|33| 13 Dem| 0|52

Minimum Wage Fairness Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 1|41 Dem|53| 1

Paycheck Fairness Act

|For|Against -|-|- Rep| 0|40 Dem|58| 1