, but they've also been paying taxes long enough by then to at least know the Dems are full of shit when they promise us free shit.
Your optimism is admirable but unfortunately placed.
The old adage of "the young are more liberal, then taxes/life brings you right over time" stopped being true a while ago. Most of the most dedicated and true believers of the Left are in their 30s-40s. The kidless, hedonists who have way too much cash to burn because of said kidlessness.
There are plenty of dumb Leftie 15-30 year olds, but those are the types who you can take out of their friend group and get them to flip their beliefs in 20 seconds because its just social pressure.
Your optimism is admirable but unfortunately placed.
The old adage of "the young are more liberal, then taxes/life brings you right over time" stopped being true a while ago. Most of the most dedicated and true believers of the Left are in their 30s-40s. The kidless, hedonists who have way too much cash to burn because of said kidlessness.
There are plenty of dumb Leftie 15-30 year olds, but those are the types who you can take out of their friend group and get them to flip their beliefs in 20 seconds because its just social pressure.
And at the other end of the spectrum, you've got the ones who've never paid taxes and think higher taxes on others mean more "benefits" for them.