Also, the wealthy elite also posit on altruism when, in reality, the cost burden falls on those below them.
Take, for example, Californias 2012 election. Romney running against Obama, this modern-era class warfare had just started to take root in the american political arena and the left proposed a "tax the rich" bill that implemented progressive taxation to incomes over 100k (which primarily only "upper-middle class" makes their money through, with little to no affect on the actual "rich)
And then dogeared into the bill was a sales tax increase, which we all agree disproportionately affects the lower and lower-middle class far more than uppermiddle and upper class.
It was a trick. Instead of sticking it to the man, they stuck it to themselves, and the few among them that managed to eek out a slight margin of victory in a high skillset niche field of employment.
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