re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

…and in both groups, we see a lot of conservative family values, but they both have a strong sense of community, and this means that they value community institutions like schools and strong local governments, and understand that these need a sound tax base in order to function.

They also understand that families, no matter how hard they work, need an environment where they can improve their own lot in life and help their children ascend the social and economic ladder. When they see more and more wealth being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, they see their own chances as diminishing.

Exactly. And also with those of immigration stock about immigration, they realize that while maybe they weren’t illegal themselves, they probably do know families that were and know that they’re not sinister criminals but rather people who came here trying to make better lives.