Eric B
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This may seem like it should be in politics; but it is really more about type.
I had recently heard about Joe the Plumber quoted recently as saying he didn't like something McCain had done, but that he was "not as afraid of him as Obama", and wondered why he felt that way. During the election, I did not remember hearing such strong opinion about one candidate or the other from him. So I looked him up on Wikipedia, and saw that he was afraid of Obama's tax plans, which he said were "like socialism". He basically reiterated McCain's claim that this was "wealth redistribution", which has long been a conservative buzzword to trash liberal policies in opposition to their "supply side" schemes. Obama had made it clear that his plan would tax those way above Joe's bracket, which would see less taxes. McCain would have given the middle class bigger tax breaks, but at the same time we would have to for the first time be taxed on healthcare.
Yet, Joe, regardless of his disagreements with McCain, nevertheless seemed to buy his "wealth redistribution" rhetoric as much of America has done since Reagan. Thankfully, this election, much of the rest of the country didn't buy it this time! The financial crisis apparently woke them up on the notion that giving the rich more will improve the economy. Yet I was always annoyed at how people like Joe seem to sheepishly support the interests of the rich as their own. People like him apparently project themselves into the rich executives' shoes by saying they wouldn't want to work if their money is taken away. I could never understand why people would think like this. Those rich don't care about you, and they do screw you along with everyone else.
Now, thinking of this in light of type and functions; I'm wondering if this might be Fi at work. He seems like he could be an IxFP type, and that would explain it. Not taxing people for wealth would be a subjective value, and even if not aimed at the person himself; he will oppose candidates who violate the value regarding others. Hence, how they could get angry at the taxing of the rich, even though they are not rich.
This, while still annoying to me, at least now would make me understand it better, and not have the dumbfounded wonderment of how people could be so stupid. Me, with projective Fe, believes that those at the top should not be allowed to hoard everything while everyone else suffers. We ALL "work hard", not just the executives, and sharing is for the greater good. (Though I realize taking from others will still more than likely breed resentment, and the people can find ways to get around it; taking their business elsewhere, if nothing else. Still, they should not be allowed to take it all, and we should be able to look for a better resolution).
So to be sure; is that an example of Fi? I also notice that those in this forum who have echoed similar sentiments as Joe tend to be Feeling types (though FJ as well as FP). It seems like "logic" favors taxation, while "ethics" favor everyone keeping what they earned (though my logic and ethics question whether the powerful really earned all that honestly, and not through pulling strings, raising prices, lowering quality, outsourcing for cheap labor, etc).
I had recently heard about Joe the Plumber quoted recently as saying he didn't like something McCain had done, but that he was "not as afraid of him as Obama", and wondered why he felt that way. During the election, I did not remember hearing such strong opinion about one candidate or the other from him. So I looked him up on Wikipedia, and saw that he was afraid of Obama's tax plans, which he said were "like socialism". He basically reiterated McCain's claim that this was "wealth redistribution", which has long been a conservative buzzword to trash liberal policies in opposition to their "supply side" schemes. Obama had made it clear that his plan would tax those way above Joe's bracket, which would see less taxes. McCain would have given the middle class bigger tax breaks, but at the same time we would have to for the first time be taxed on healthcare.
Yet, Joe, regardless of his disagreements with McCain, nevertheless seemed to buy his "wealth redistribution" rhetoric as much of America has done since Reagan. Thankfully, this election, much of the rest of the country didn't buy it this time! The financial crisis apparently woke them up on the notion that giving the rich more will improve the economy. Yet I was always annoyed at how people like Joe seem to sheepishly support the interests of the rich as their own. People like him apparently project themselves into the rich executives' shoes by saying they wouldn't want to work if their money is taken away. I could never understand why people would think like this. Those rich don't care about you, and they do screw you along with everyone else.
Now, thinking of this in light of type and functions; I'm wondering if this might be Fi at work. He seems like he could be an IxFP type, and that would explain it. Not taxing people for wealth would be a subjective value, and even if not aimed at the person himself; he will oppose candidates who violate the value regarding others. Hence, how they could get angry at the taxing of the rich, even though they are not rich.
This, while still annoying to me, at least now would make me understand it better, and not have the dumbfounded wonderment of how people could be so stupid. Me, with projective Fe, believes that those at the top should not be allowed to hoard everything while everyone else suffers. We ALL "work hard", not just the executives, and sharing is for the greater good. (Though I realize taking from others will still more than likely breed resentment, and the people can find ways to get around it; taking their business elsewhere, if nothing else. Still, they should not be allowed to take it all, and we should be able to look for a better resolution).
So to be sure; is that an example of Fi? I also notice that those in this forum who have echoed similar sentiments as Joe tend to be Feeling types (though FJ as well as FP). It seems like "logic" favors taxation, while "ethics" favor everyone keeping what they earned (though my logic and ethics question whether the powerful really earned all that honestly, and not through pulling strings, raising prices, lowering quality, outsourcing for cheap labor, etc).