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In reply to the discussion: Rachel had it Right, now DU is getting it wrong. [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I would say it is time to turn our full attention to getting more Dems in the House of Representatives and more Dems in our state governments. My long term goal is single-payer, universal health insurance. In order to get there we MUST have a well established Democratic majority in both houses of congress and in the states.
Right now the Republicans are developing the meme about all the companies, big and small, who are planning to reduce workers hours to 29 a week to avoid the Obamacare mandate....If too many companies do indeed do that and the Democrats don't stop it cold, we'll find ourselves sitting on the sidelines in 2014 and 2016.
The biggest failing of the Democratic Party over the past 35 years is that it has never had a long range strategy and it has never bothered to develop its own meme, mantras and mouths. The party has consistently underestimated the power of the continual drip of "gov't is the problem" or "tax cuts for the 'job creators' benefit everyone" Democrats have allowed themselves to be portrayed as the welfare party....You can blame Limbaugh et al for that, but where are the voices that contradict the loudmouth ignoramuses?
Want to know why working class white men vote Republican? The $7.25 minimum wage. All other working class ages are based on that minimum wage....Australia has a minimum wage of $15.51 an hour.