The Guilded Shtetl

Elanna Cahn — July 10, 2014 – 10:07 am | Democrats | Domestic Policy Comments (0) Add a comment

Rabbi Moline’s latest Huffington Post Blog “The Guilded Shtetl” is up-

The Pew Research Center has delivered another part of its comprehensive study of American politics. Not surprisingly, it validates the perception of increasing polarization between Democrats and Republicans. Equally without surprise, it identifies conservative positions with Republican Party members and liberal positions with Democrats. Nowhere is that more evident than in attitudes about the poor among us.

I am certain we will soon see critiques of each side by the other. From my point of view, the study only reinforces my conviction of a political home for American Jews in the Democratic Party.

What typifies the Republican base, according to the data collected by Pew? Here is one example: more than three-quarters of conservatives (including all of Pew’s variations on that category) agree that “poor people have it easy because they can get government benefits without doing anything.”

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