Comments on: When the Saints Go Cashing In http://archives.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/15/when-the-saints-go-cashing-in/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Mon, 22 May 2006 22:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: keri http://archives.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/15/when-the-saints-go-cashing-in/#comment-57697 keri Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:06:08 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/index.php/archives/2006/01/15/when-the-saints-go-cashing-in/#comment-57697 This belief was all too commonly held (though not bluntly spoken) in my Southern Baptist church growing up.  And it is often believed, as you point out, by not just the well off but by the poor and everyone in between.  Reminds me of  the "Supply -Side Jesus" comic strip from one of Franken's books: <a href="http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html</a> "If you are prosperous on earth that means that God is rewarding your rugged individualism! If you are poor it is a sign that God frowns on your reliance on handouts!" There is a study I read somewhere and for the life of me I can't find it right now, but it was about how people are likely to report that they are in a higher financial bracket then they actually are....or to believe that they will soon be in a higher financial class. I think the context of the article I read this in was attempting to explain why a "poor" person would vote against their own economic interests and to benefit the "rich" - because they want to be or feel they one day could be "rich.," ie: People vote their percieved or desired class interests. If anyone knows the article I'm talking about please link it b/c I'm not doing a great job explaining. This belief was all too commonly held (though not bluntly spoken) in my Southern Baptist church growing up.  And it is often believed, as you point out, by not just the well off but by the poor and everyone in between. 

Reminds me of  the "Supply -Side Jesus" comic strip from one of Franken’s books: http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html

"If you are prosperous on earth that means that God is rewarding your rugged individualism! If you are poor it is a sign that God frowns on your reliance on handouts!"

There is a study I read somewhere and for the life of me I can’t find it right now, but it was about how people are likely to report that they are in a higher financial bracket then they actually are….or to believe that they will soon be in a higher financial class. I think the context of the article I read this in was attempting to explain why a "poor" person would vote against their own economic interests and to benefit the "rich" – because they want to be or feel they one day could be "rich.," ie: People vote their percieved or desired class interests. If anyone knows the article I’m talking about please link it b/c I’m not doing a great job explaining.

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