Republican politicos count on working class and middle class (for that matter, the lower tiers of the upper class) people to vote against their own financial interest. That much is clear. What is not so clear is why the Democrats allow their opponents to play this game (perhaps it is related to the gelatin-based spinal column of the typical Democratic politician). How difficult would it be to point out that, say, regular people like me individually pay exactly the same amount in payroll taxes as billionaires? We all pay exactly the same percentage of purchases in taxes (subject to some caveats that aren’t germane to this discussion). As long as the uninformed can be led to believe that any major issues exist beyond the direction of wealth redistribution, the Right will win.