If the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?
If the obscenely wealthy benefit most from having Republicans in power; and collectively they have disproportionate control over the economy; wouldn't they use that power to sabotage Democrats?
Are you under the impression that they don't?
As an example... fox news.
And the Sinclair Media Group.
To answer OP's question succinctly, yes, and they do.
The general consensus seems to be which ever party is in power has the most control over the economy.
I think that's only a consensus among people who don't understand the economy very well. The truth is politicians have very little control over the economy particularly in the short term. At most politics is able to nudge the economy very slightly like the rudder on a massive ship that takes years to turn.
Course there are some things you can do. Tariffs is an obvious one, completely bungling a global pandemic is probably another, etc..
Either sabotage Democrats or make them pursue more right wing policies, which is why there was so much Reagan praise at the DNC when every dem voter under 40 hates his guts.
I'm 50 and I hate that piece of shit.
bit older and so do i
It's called gerrymandering.
Been going on my entire life so far
The obscenely wealthy donate to both parties. Both parties protect the interests of the wealthy.
Hell, there have been two Democratic administrations that had total congressional control over the last sixteen years. The minimum wage is still seven bucks an hour.
You think they don't? See
That's why they trot out Jill Stein every four years to try and split the vote.
They would, and they do.
But because they're rich and determined to play both sides of the fight, they also pour some (less) money towards the Democrats to have some leverage.
Yes, and they do.
They play both sides where possible because they can afford to