Friday, November 23, 2007

Democrats Party of Rich 

Democrats are the party of the rich people according to a study by teh Heritage Foundation based on IRS tax data.

Of course, it is easy to be liberal when you don't have to pay for or suffer the consequences of your liberal ideas.
"If you take the wealthiest one-third of the 435 congressional districts, we found that the Democrats represent about 58 percent of those jurisdictions," Mr. Franc said.

A key measure of each district's wealth was the number of single-filer taxpayers earning more than $100,000 a year and married couples filing jointly who earn more than $200,000 annually, he said.

But in a broader measurement, the study also showed that of the 167 House districts where the median annual income was higher than the national median of $48,201, a slight majority, 84 districts, were represented by Democrats. Median means that half of all income earners make more than that level and half make less.

Mr. Franc's study also showed that contrary to the Democrats' tendency to define Republicans as the party of the rich, "the vast majority of unabashed conservative House members hail from profoundly middle-income districts."
Coming as it does from the Heritage Foundation, Democrats will cry foul.

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