Kristof column: "Living Poor, Voting Rich"

I took the A section of the Times with me Wed morning, and read Kristof column on the shuttle on the way to to work. Then found that Joel had e-mailed me the link earlier that morning. Kristof reinforces some important themes, notably the ones that it sounds like Thomas Frank fleshes out in What's the Matter with Kansas?

Op-Ed Columnist: Living Poor, Voting Rich

November 3, 2004

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF



One of the Republican Party's major successes has been to

persuade the working poor to vote for tax breaks for

billionaires.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/03/opinion/03kris.html?ex=1100484462&ei=1&en=8a4ce9ed04751bd3