Why do poor people pretend they're rich?

You've got a beautiful family of four. Two little girls, an OT 8 wife. You pull down $110k a year, wife pulls down another $100k. You've got nice vehicles, a fishing boat, retirement funds on the right track, and a really nice house in a good neighborhood.

This person? This person is poor, in terms of income tax laws. Why do people who live comfortably pretend that they're rich? Is it a status thing? Like, "Yo Jimbo, I'm a republican. I ain't going to pay taxes to cover poor people."? Like you get across the idea that you obviously make good money because you vote republican instead of just sharing your income? Are you wary of your income to feel it's easier to just say you're Republican than to share your salary?

One of the biggest misconceptions of liberals is this whole "socialist" thing. I bring home good money. Do I bring home more than $250k annually? Nope. But I'm in the top 10% of ALL EARNERS in this country. Even so, I'm not in the top tax bracket so WHY IN THE frick would I vote for politicians and policies that predominately look out for only the top bracket?

Hell, even if I make it to the top bracket, say $300K gross, I only get charged the top rate on anything over $250k. It's not a big difference even if I barely make into that top bracket.

If you look at recent elections and figure 45-47% of voters nationally support GOP tax policies, that means roughly 40% of people are voting against their own financial interests (based on $250k income is top 5%).

WHY? Why are y'all doing this? I'm sure there are some on this board who make greater, if not far greater than, $250k year. But there aren't many of you. So wtf is up with the rest of y'all voting against your own pocketbooks?