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IbogaProject

(6,226 posts)
27. Me as well
Tue Jul 14, 2026, 03:21 PM
Tuesday

I've always been a Democratic Party supporter, but back when NJ had a loophole in their primary system I voted on our column listed under GOP as my affiliation. I voted in the 1988 primary for Jesse Jackson. My hometown was predominately minority so I listed GOP in solidarity with my brothers and sisters who still registered that way due to our party harboring racists before the 70s. I switched that registration when I registered in NYC in 2008. I tend to dress slightly conservative so sometimes people assume I am politically conservative. I merely like collared shirts and it helps me to blend in doing IT consulting. I was always anti-racist and my economics degree made it clear progressive taxation is needed due to the physics of a wealthy person being unable to spend money locally with anywhere near the velocity of a working class person. I hate when Adam Smith gets put up as being some kind of libertarian supporter when he clearly advocated for steeply progressive taxes, strict regulation on banks as well as constraining corporations when used to collude and impede competition.

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