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pragmatics.

If you stand out completely in the cold, then you get nothing.

The Republicans have traditionally articulated an anti-high income tax position. Their representatives have not always stood by that platform, but they are more consistent about that their adversaries. One's income retained is the basic index of what one's lifestyle will probably become, if coupled with cost of living.

I don't trust them, as they would leave anybody out to die, if they could get away with it. However, by virtue of family tradition and having contacts with somebody, one must choose the lesser of two evils. How is that not pragmatic cynicism?