Comment by muglug
9 days ago
The one thing I've discovered as I’ve got older is that most people don’t have some insidious vested interest.
Complex political issues sometimes just come down to "I want my side to look good and I want the other side to look bad". In a system that treats Silicon Valley billionaires very differently to someone selling lumber in rural Ohio, sometimes that naked tribalism is the only thing that truly unites people in political parties.
Some people hate the IRS self-filing system because it works, and because the "other side" is taking credit for it.
The other thing I dicovered as I‘ve gotten even older than you is that some people absolutely do have insidious vested interests.