James Finn
1 min readApr 24, 2023

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You know, if you're an upper middle class white person, you LIKE living in Darth Santis land.

Is inflation a wee bit high? That's more than offset by lower taxes. Public schools underperforming? That's a problem for the hoi polloi, and besides, who sends their kids to public schools? Not people with money! Besides, good buddy Darth just expanded the program that takes money from public school budgets and hands it over as tuition assistance to parents who send their kids to private schools.

Darth nearly eliminated family income limits. So now, rich people can take the handout too while public schools crumble.

Bad health care outcomes?

Pshaw, say Darth's most ardent supporters. That's a poor person problem. We have great doctors and money on top of our expensive health insurance plans to pay for great access.

So anyway, Darth's actual constituents love what he's doing. Now if only the bulk of the working class could see what's happening and realize he's not their friend and does not value their interests. They're decidedly not his constituents. They just think they are.

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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