If the Democrats are the party of the middle class, why are more billionaires backing Kamala than Trump?

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For the 2024 US Presidential election,  Forbes  magazine counted 83 billionaires backing Vice President Kamala Harris and 52 backing Former President Donald Trump. What do you think of that?

BCA6010 · Accepted Answer

The Dems have never, ever been the party of the middle class in their entire history. They've had periods where they at least pretended to be about elevating people from the lower class (highly debatable whether this was ever serious or effective, and certainly isn't the case today), but they've been a party centered around the elites of the time for the vast majority of their history: from old world money, to slave owners and industry moguls, to intelligentsia, and celebrities.

The Democrat platform today is built around building a "renter class" who can't afford to own high value property such as houses and cars, and are dependent on government programs to get by. This is a major reason why inner cities vote dark blue, and why displacing people into larger cities is a huge part of the green movement scam at the government level. Income and physical mobility is a threat to this vision, and so they want to gatekeep both from the unwashed masses; it is inherently anti-middle class.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

In 2100 billionaires will be middle class due to inflation

Amy10223 · Accepted Answer

Which billionaires were backing Kamala Harris? Surely you don't mean ones as rich as Elon Musk. Can we safely say that only billionaires and millionaires backed Trump? Yes, we can. At least Kamala had supporters who are also middle class, even lower middle class.

SweetDripp · Accepted Answer

Because billionaires understand that they will be sheltered from her policies by well paid legal teams while simultaneously not suffering greatly from inflation or housing costs like the average middle class person does.

sawno · Answer

The logical answer is that they no longer are the party of the middle class. They always want to increase taxes but hide that behind only taxing a specific group of people or giving hand outs. Its that "Under which cup is the ball game" and in the end no matter the cup your money is somehow gone. They misdirect you into thinking it won't effect you but it will. The only real thing that helps the middle class is a reduction in living costs and a reduction in taxes across the board.

MrOracle · Answer

Most of the billionaire class is pro-war, largely because war results in massive government spending with relatively little oversight, so it's relatively easy to siphon off money or redirect it to have political influence. This results in more money, more power, and more influence for the billionaires - at the expense of the lower and middle class.

In decades past, conservatives, while not necessarily pro-war, were at least big on defense spending, which made them popular with the billionaires. Due mostly to the "mistakes" (which seem pretty intentional) of the Bush family, conservatives have moved to a more anti-war stance. Meanwhile, the former anti-war Left has become very pro-war - and thus the billionaire class has shifted their support to the Left. Far too much of their power and influence is dependent on the on-going wars, and the trillions of spending that results.

phraseology · Answer

They become wealthy by making a deal with the devil. That generally entails doing some pretty dastardly shit like raping and murdering children which is recorded on tape as blackmail. Once they are controlled, they get signed and can be turned into a media product and market in the entertainment industry by people that groomed them. They rise to stardom due to the machine not do to talent or business savvy, and when the machine wants to use that star power for influence they command the "stars" to put out the message they need to control the people with brainwash. That blackmail is used to leverage those stars. So right now think about all the tapes that were made at the Diddy Freak Offs. Go look at the people that enforce Kamala. See if they ever talked about going to a Diddy party... Now you have your answer. They are controlled...

FreyaRed · Answer

Trump will seek economical confrontation with China and it's against interest of people who earn money on trade with China. While old US industry establishment sees isolation from Chinese market as the only solution to get rid of unnecessary dependencies.
I think the capital behind Donald has much more volume than capital that supports dems.

exitseven · Answer

Today's Democrat party is the party of Wall Street and welfare. Harris all of a sudden got millions for her campaign when she had fundraisers for wall street billionaires. Very disturbing

strateguy632 · Answer

Correct, they are not for helping middle class. They are rich politicians enciting hate towards rich... themselves!  Liberals are the WORST hypocrits.

mattthefatbat · Answer

The billionaires have decidedre-state//background_color_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0), font_color_rgb (77, 77, 77), justifyLeft

Anonymous · Answer

Because most billionaires recognize they don't need the tax cuts Trump wants to give them and that the country is better off if it increases tax revenue from people like them. Welcome back from your break trashing democrats and parroting Republican misinformation and lies while pretending to be neutral.

NimbleOcelot · Answer

If Trump, the billionaire, is fighting for the middle class, why is Waltz the one who gave free school lunch to kids, while Trump has admittedly tried to pay workers as little as possible, by trying to remove overtime, etc?

worldscolide · Answer

Because they aren't the party of the middle class. They are the party of the elites.

Kelly6 · Answer

@aviatortom no , democrat is party of war lords.

dreamstar72 · Answer

Most of today’s democrats all full word promises, hate, bringing about racial hate, its not my problem or my fault.

Jersey2 · Answer

Good point. But they now mock the working man, the hourly worker with a High School education. They literally mock them and still expect their vote because a Union boss says so.

Ariesman81 · Answer

I ultimately think they use their vote as a form of philanthropy. It really wouldn't surprise me if the majority of Millionaires say one thing and vote Republican. They technically should.

NathanDavis · Answer

because the billionaires need the middle class... to make them richer

Anonymous · Answer

Because we want to counter your retarded loyalty to that orange guy. Don’t lie. You’re allegiance is crystal clear.

Massageman · Answer

Democrats never were the party of the middle class. That would require some sort of work ethic.

RingOfFire · Answer

Because the Democrats are the party of corruption not the party of the American people. President Trump and the American people just sent them a message... YOU'RE FIRED!

Likes2drive · Answer

I guess they’re worried about losing some business because of the tariffs that he’s going to put on overseas businesses

Notherndude84 · Answer

Billionaire businessman know Trump is a fake. He represents a destabilizing force in the financial markets.

Anonymous · Answer

Diddycrats are the true elites who want to dismantle the middle class

bobby_bush_eater · Answer

They want high taxes in income to make their wealth unattainable.

Avicenna · Answer

Because the Democrats are the Plutocrat Party

Anonymous · Answer

🤔 for a 57 years old man you sure asked a dumb question.  If a party is popular on multiple levels they will surely have a large number of people from all walks of life supporting them.

Sabretooth · Answer

, ybe their decent? more likely, they're scared of what the economy will look like under Trump.

Anonymous · Answer

Because billionaires are mostly hopeful worms wanting to not be shot but they will be

saraupstairs · Answer

There is no Democrat party.

Danny_dan92 · Answer

Fucken. Exactly.

noohair · Answer

I voted for you for President.. Go Mr. T

paledreams · Answer

Swing voters

Anonymous · Answer

To preserve corruption in the government

Anonymous · Answer

Intelligence.

Shamalien · Answer

Good question

If the Democrats are the party of the middle class, why are more billionaires backing Kamala than Trump?

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