re: #270 Petero1818

No I was trying to set out an example of a person that believes he “has no dog in the fight”. The perception may be, Sure gays can marry, what do I care, or what is the big difference in gay marriage and civil unions. They may not be bigots at all and may be in favor of gay unions and or marriage. BUT, that is not the basis on which they vote. They vote with their pocketbook. And if you said to them are you willing to give up 30% of your retirement income so Jon and Jack can get married, they might say, you know I wish the best for Jon and Jack, but I am not going to eat saltines and spam for the next 20 years so they can get hitched.

Well, I find it really hard to believe that there are people about to retire who would be both:

A) 30% worse off in net income under the Democrats and

B) in a low enough income bracket that they would be forced to eat saltines and spam as a result

But as a hypothetical I suppose it works.