You wouldn’t know it by our elected officials, but most Americans are not super wealthy.
So it seems to go against the nature of the electorate that time and time again voters elect those who work against their best interests.
This can be said of both the state and national level.
By a large majority, Americans favor raising taxes on the wealthy to better balance the budget. And yet we continue to elect those who give outsized tax breaks to wealthy individuals and large corporations. In the last 20 years, federal taxes on the super wealthy have dropped by almost…
Leaders misrepresent voters’ best interests
