They have endorsed more spending, as long as it is on "their" people. But they haven't endorsed the higher taxes to pay for it because of their donor class. The Dems mostly want to spend more for everyone and want the top 10% - 30% to pay for it. (And that actually works pretty well in some Western European countries.)
Your point about Dixiecrats is 100% right. This is where the two parties have basically switched places. Civil Rights basically started that realignment. And it is these former Dixiecrats who Buchanan animated and Trump activated.
You will get quite a bit of resistance from those between 70-80% -- they do not feel wealthy at all, they feel squeezed, and when they send their kids to college they get no breaks on the cost.
They have endorsed more spending, as long as it is on "their" people. But they haven't endorsed the higher taxes to pay for it because of their donor class. The Dems mostly want to spend more for everyone and want the top 10% - 30% to pay for it. (And that actually works pretty well in some Western European countries.)
Your point about Dixiecrats is 100% right. This is where the two parties have basically switched places. Civil Rights basically started that realignment. And it is these former Dixiecrats who Buchanan animated and Trump activated.
You will get quite a bit of resistance from those between 70-80% -- they do not feel wealthy at all, they feel squeezed, and when they send their kids to college they get no breaks on the cost.