So, when do I get old enough to think GOP policies are good for the bottom 98% of us?

Whenever senility, dementia or Alzheimer's Disease kicks in.

Until then, you KNOW THAT DEMOCRATS TAKE TAKE OF THE WORKING MAN AND WOMAN IN AMERICA!

The trigger for me was Trump's candidacy for president. He presented a new face to conservative ideas. He was against failed trade deals such as Nafta and the outsourcing of US jobs, he was against "forever wars", he brought up the issue of unchecked immigration to the US. Then I saw how the mainstream media all ganged up on him and smeared him every chance I got, I knew he must be doing something right. I was about 36 at the time.

Before Trump all I'd seen of the right was endless wars and the failed trickle down economics and failed presidency of GW Bush and I felt just like you do now. I'm still not a big fan of trickle down economics but I do recognize the need for some inequality to exist and for some rich people to exist to provide the investment capital that the economy needs to keep moving.

It's generally said that "if you're not a liberal at 20 you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at 40 you have no brain". But there isn't an exact age when you'll be more conservative, it will instead be some sort of event will trigger you to re-evaluate your positions. That trigger could come sooner than you think. Perhaps your state governor will introduce a Covid vaccine passport system, force you to get vaccinated to keep your job, then when you develop a permanent disability a few years after your Covid vaccine that you never wanted in the first place, that will be the trigger that wakes you up.

You are one triggered left winger aren’t you? We have rejected your sides socialism more than once. Get over it. We will NOT subsidize trash like you.