Here's how Republican politics basically works on this.
Republic politician: "I want to pass laws that benefit the rich at the expense of the public. They're paying the bills for my side."
Campaign strategist: You can't say that. The people won't vote for you, and you still need their votes.
Instead, say that you want to pass the law and that it'll be great for the public.
We'll put up the flood of ads spinning 'the big lie' and convince many people it's true, and the public has already been softened to accept the lie by right-wing propaganda.
Republican politician. "OK. I want to pass tax cuts for the rich that will make the public rich!"
Republic Consultant: there you go.
That's why you have Meg Whitman's ad I watched today say she is for 'creating jobs, cutting wasteful spending' - ha, that one never is worn out after decades - and that's all she has to say about her agenda, strangely silent on things like her plan to eliminate all taxes on the passive income billionares like her get most of their money from.
Hm, will that create jobs? No, it'll cost jobs. Will that 'cut wasteful spending'? No, just increase the deficit and/or cut 'good' spending that is the kind that actually gets cut.
It's amazing what Republicans say that's the opposite to deny what they're doing.
Environmental laws cause pollution, safety laws reduce safety, assistance for the poor empoverishes the poor, increases in education worsen education, increases in healthcare make healthcare poorer quality and harder to get, oppressing other countries decreases the chances of war, registering more voters hurts democracy, and so on.
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