During last year's election it forced me to think of why many members of the "Social elite" like Dan Rather, Barbara Streisand, Susan Sarandon and Alec Baldwin are ultra liberal. It took me a while but I finally came up with a plausible answer. So why would the extremely wealthy "social elite" be so liberal? 1) They Live a Utopian Lifestyle - One of the reasons that the "Social elite" are extremely liberal is that they live a life that most of us can't even imagine or relate to. They have so much money, they don't even know what to to do with it and they can do just about anything. I think that they feel guilty that they have such wealth (they really don't have to), that they feel that they need to prove to society that they care or have a social conscience. That's why they join groups like PETA. They think society will think highly of them. This is not true. I think that most of us pity these little people. We know that they don't really care and that they do most of their grand-standing for public attention 2) They Won't be harmed by the high cost of liberal/social policy - Yes that's right! The "social elite" wouldn't be harmed by the high cost of liberal policies or programs. If social welfare programs like comprehensive health care or expanded unemployment benefits were to be enacted, the "social elite" wouldn't be harmed by paying higher taxes, like the rest of us would. Many of these elites make tens of millions of dollars a year. If high taxes like Canada were put in place to pay for the high cost of social programs, these elites would still be extremely wealthy. The "Social elite" can feel self righteous that they have a social conscience because they support liberal policies but they wouldn't be harmed by the high cost of paying for those programs. The rest of us (middle class) would be left behind to feel the pinch of the added burden of dipping into our pocket books. |
