The GOP & its puppeteers policies are anti average American mostly because their entrenched philosophy promotes a top down distribution of wealth and power. It can only work if it convinces Americans of two things, 1) that the government of the people and by the people is bad and evil and as such will not create good policies, and 2) the average American will be able to climb the ladder to great wealth which the bad government will try to take away. It is for this reason that many American are willing to vote against their own interest with the expectation that they ultimately will be in the class that is currently the real beneficiaries the current policies.
About Egberto Willies
Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.