Why Are Conservatives Happier Than liberals? (stats, tax rate, USA, great)

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Bulldogdad

I know many, many liberals that appear to be happier than me.

Oh that's right I work for a living.

Would you be happy if you worked for a living at a menial, dead-end, low-wage job?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by whogo

I don't expect liberals to understand Adam Smith's Invisible Hand.

I don't expect liberals to understand that their war on poverty has produced nothing but human misery.

I will say liberals are very generous---with other people's money.

Adam Smith's Invisible Hand: Resources tend to flow to those who already have resources.

War on Poverty was the wrong target; a war on working poverty would have worked.

Liberals help those who have not helped themselves, hence incentivizing more at the trough instead of more helping themselves.

Reagan said we cannot afford to subsidize the working poor, so conservatives lack a solution as well.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by whogo

We're people? Ya might want to sit the wine glass down.

Maybe she was referring to werepeople.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon

Doubtful! More like conservatives are made of sterner stuff, cope and get on with their lives while many liberals appear to have a tendency to whine, moan, cry and complain about their negative and saddening view that the world sucks and so do their lives because they can't give everyone hugs and spend other peoples money to give to those they believe need it regardless of merit.

Conservatives spend other people's money; red states tend to have regressive tax systems that soak the poor.

[petch751]

Originally Posted by freemkt

??? ??? ???

Nope, try again.

Tom inherits a house from his grandmother, enjoys untaxed capital gain windfall (basis step-up) and low property tax rate.

Tom votes for the steep nonhomestead tax on the rental house next door and sees no problem with it.

Jerry next door has to work two jobs to cover the exorbitant rent and exorbitant property taxes (which subsidize the low property taxes Tom pays) and Tom is okay with that - hey Jerry, if you don't like it, go inherit a house!

You should be glad you didn't work all your life to pay for your house after all when you go on medicaid government will take it anyway to pay your medical bills. People who have nothing will still get the same medical care compliments of tax payer funded medicaid even though they have nothing to take. and your complaining?

And if you are lucky enough to inherit a house you better be sure to make enough to get Obamacare instead of being pushed onto medicaid, the government takes your house when you die.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by LoveToRow

Don't you know? It's OUR job to pay for it, and if we don't like it we hate kids.

These liberals just weren't raised right to spout such stupidity.

Hey, here's a concept:

How about if government stopped taxing the rented homes of the poor at exorbitant unfair rates?

[petch751]

Originally Posted by freemkt

Conservatives spend other people's money; red states tend to have regressive tax systems that soak the poor.

How's that?

[petch751]

Originally Posted by freemkt

Hey, here's a concept:

How about if government stopped taxing the rented homes of the poor at exorbitant unfair rates?

Ba ha ha. The last time you said that government should tax landlords even more until you realized it would be passed on to you, the renter just like other taxes are passed onto you, the consumer.

Unfair taxes? why because you are incapable of making enough to support yourself so you want tax payers to pay your share of taxes on property too? Wow, you liberals and dems really do want everything handed to you while forcing others to pay more. And then you call that fair.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by petch751

How's that?

Numerous sources out there, here's one:

Top 10 Most Regressive Tax States

[Casper in Dallas]

Originally Posted by Spot

Many studies show that conservatives are happier than liberals, as the articles below indicate. This appears to be true regardless of country. Why do you think that is?

http://www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/Napier...han%20libe.pdf

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/op...st-of-all.html

Study proves conservatives are happier than liberals. Thank God and the cigars – Telegraph Blogs

Are conservatives happier? - The Washington Post

Personal experiences, not a "study" has shown me the opposite is true.