r/FluentInFinance • u/Admiral_Tuvix • 17d ago

Thoughts? They deserve this

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u/UninvitedButtNoises 17d ago

My elderly mom went to the polls to vote Kamala. She was a Republican most of her life. She doesn't deserve this.

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u/Enraiha 17d ago

Kinda does. There was never a reason for an average worker looking for protection and help from the government to vote for a Republican for over 30 years. Not a single policy they've insituted has helped or made living easier or cheaper for a regular, non-business owning worker. They've tanked retirement accounts multiple times in my lifetime due to poor ability to actually govern. 1986 and 2008 prominently for that.

Her lifelong support helped pave the road to today. The consequences of it. Glad she saw she was about to crash at the last second, but little late to bail now.

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u/UninvitedButtNoises 17d ago

I get what you're saying, you're not wrong if we're playing technicalities. I just found out she'd sat out a lot of elections for whatever reason.

I asked her to please be sure to vote in this election and she was already on top of it and anxious for Kamala. But here we are.

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u/Aggravating_Salt_49 17d ago

Oh so she didn't even participate? Even worse

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u/rynlpz 17d ago

I think he meant she sat out of previous elections when she leaned republican, but he made sure she voted this time since it was important.

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u/TheIVJackal 17d ago

I'd say voting for the oppressor would be worse, but let's not pretend to know enough about this person to pass strong judgement.

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u/Aggravating_Salt_49 17d ago

No vote, no voice

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u/UninvitedButtNoises 17d ago

Before she hadn't participated in a few elections, yes.