In order to decide who to vote for I follow some simple moral principles:(most of the time,hey,I need money!)*
Number one: I give my support to those who need it, and not to those who don't need it.
who doesn't need it? The whales obviously. Who needs it? The minnows.
What do I base this on?
Income inequality plain and simple.
The morality of this can be based on different moral principles number one,the human rights perspective:
Article 25.
(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
This right to an adequate standard of living is not being followed by the majority of Nations in the world.
Number 2: the utilitarian perspesctive:
Maximizing the utility or well-being of the maximum amount of people.
Following this principle means that the bigger the lack of income.the more you can increase peoples well-being by increasing it,even very modestly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality#Effects
Over a certain threshold, wealth does not increase your well-being:http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/15/09S18/index.xml?section=topstories ( whereas for a person who lives in poverty even small gains in income can have a substantial effect.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marissa_Diener/publication/227012666_The_relationship_between_income_and_subjective_well-being_Relative_or_absolute/links/004635209587e9bd0d000000.pdf
So I will keep on fighting for the less priviliged here on Steemit.
Including myself of course!