Comments on: Income and Voting http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:10:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: C.Wagener http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/comment-page-1/#comment-195726 C.Wagener Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:02:33 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/income_and_voting_/#comment-195726 Oh how I hate "real median household income". Households keep getting smaller. "Income" doesn't include employee benefits, which have become a greater percentage of compensation over time. The "real" includes health insurance expenses as part of the deflator, while ... see preceeding paragraph. Oh how I hate "real median household income".

Households keep getting smaller.

"Income" doesn't include employee benefits, which have become a greater percentage of compensation over time.

The "real" includes health insurance expenses as part of the deflator, while ... see preceeding paragraph.

]]> By: Bruce Moomaw http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/comment-page-1/#comment-195236 Bruce Moomaw Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:42:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/income_and_voting_/#comment-195236 In any case, I don't see Joyner's point in bashing the Krugster over this. Of course he didn't deny that in 2004 (when the Dem-Rep vote split almost 50-50) the Dem majority among people below the median income about equalled the GOP majority among people above that income -- it couldn't be otherwise. His point was that Tucker Carlson is trying to spread the meme -- so beloved among GOP propagandists -- that Rich Elitists Are Liberals. JOYNER may not think that public awareness of the real income-to-party relationship would hurt the GOP; but Carlson and most Republicans definitely do. In any case, I don't see Joyner's point in bashing the Krugster over this. Of course he didn't deny that in 2004 (when the Dem-Rep vote split almost 50-50) the Dem majority among people below the median income about equalled the GOP majority among people above that income -- it couldn't be otherwise. His point was that Tucker Carlson is trying to spread the meme -- so beloved among GOP propagandists -- that Rich Elitists Are Liberals. JOYNER may not think that public awareness of the real income-to-party relationship would hurt the GOP; but Carlson and most Republicans definitely do.

]]> By: kb http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/comment-page-1/#comment-194994 kb Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:42:50 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/income_and_voting_/#comment-194994 High marginal tax rates can reduce competition for being part of the really really rich from the up-and-comers. If you have positional values -- e.g., you care about your spot in the Forbes 400 -- you might prefer higher tax rates to hold back the hordes. High marginal tax rates can reduce competition for being part of the really really rich from the up-and-comers. If you have positional values -- e.g., you care about your spot in the Forbes 400 -- you might prefer higher tax rates to hold back the hordes.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/comment-page-1/#comment-194956 Dave Schuler Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:05:26 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/income_and_voting_/#comment-194956 I suspect the effect is even more exaggerated if you exclude local, city, county, state, and federal workers from the mix i.e. private sector only. I suspect the effect is even more exaggerated if you exclude local, city, county, state, and federal workers from the mix i.e. private sector only.

]]> By: yetanotherjohn http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/income_and_voting_/comment-page-1/#comment-194880 yetanotherjohn Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:28:31 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/10/income_and_voting_/#comment-194880 Perhaps matching the voting pattern to the effective tax rate would help. Not just what the marginal rate is, but what percentage of income is actually paid in taxes. Perhaps matching the voting pattern to the effective tax rate would help. Not just what the marginal rate is, but what percentage of income is actually paid in taxes.

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