All you need to know about the Congressional debate over tax cuts is that Republicans want the richest Americans to pay less than Democrats think they should. No surprise there. Only someone as sheltered as Phil Gramm would think so. Across America, people of color are presumed to be whiney and lazy. People with disabilities are presumed to be half as valuable as the able-bodied.
Fat people are out of control.
Women are presumed unpredictable. White men are heartless and dull. Homosexual people are perverted and contagious. In many neighborhoods, those presumptions are accepted and encouraged. People vote those stereotypes, bigoted and proud.