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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 903142" data-attributes="member: 12570">This is scary but I see the point Klein is trying to make.  Income levels do tend to have a bearing on your perspective on issues.  Take for example Cain's 9-9-9 plan.  When I read it for the first time I did not read it from the perspective of a lower income person who may have taken more of a hit under this plan than I would--I read it as a win for me and for my tax situation.  The revised 9-0-9 addressed this inequity.I deliver to our local welfare office.  When I walk in there I see people looking for a handout rather than a hand up.  When they see me they see an overpaid union worker living the easy life.Income is just one of many factors that shape our perspective.  The way we were raised and our values/religious beliefs also come in to play.</blockquote>