On this Labor Day - Keep in mind - That This Country Is In Distress!
I will let an article speak as it covers the point well.
As we celebrate Labor Day 2015, it’s worth pausing to consider which candidate running for president best represents the working class. The Republicans, despite their folksy rhetoric, are the party of Big Business. For decades, their policies have undermined the economic interests of their social base. They support corporate tax cuts; they push trade deals that outsource jobs to low-wage countries; they oppose raising the minimum wage; they want to shrink social safety nets; they refuse to invest in America’s crumbling infrastructure and their pro-corporate policies, which masquerade as small government initiatives, have increased income inequality and put the squeeze on the middle class.
If you doubt the GOP’s indifference to working and middle class issues, re-watch the last Republican presidential debate. Among the many things not mentioned were campaign finance, the wealth gap, institutional corruption and student debt. These are all problems that disproportionately harm working class voters; Republicans ignore them because their policies are responsible for them and because they don’t have (or desire) solutions.
So that leaves the Democrats. As I wrote last month, there are two candidates who matter in the Democratic race right now: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. If you’re concerned with the rights and welfare of workers, it’s not even close: Bernie Sanders is the most credible candidate. Clinton is conscious of Sanders, so she’s moved slightly to the left in recent months, but if you look closely at their positions on middle class issues, the contrast is clear.
In the last week or so, an image has gone viral which highlights the opposing views of Clinton and Sanders. From Wall Street chicanery to worker-owned cooperatives to the Trans-Pacific trade deal to financial corruption to military adventurism, Sanders is on the side of the working class — and Hillary is not. And even on an issue like raising the minimum wage, something of direct and immediate benefit to the poor, Clinton is tepid in her support, and opposes a national $15 minimum wage — the goal of the “Fight for 15″ movement. Sanders, on the other hand, is unequivocal in backing the Fight for 15, as he is on most subjects.
Not to belabor the point, but the differences between Sanders and Clinton go beyond their policy positions. Sanders’s campaign is voter-financed, consisting almost exclusively of small individual donations. Clinton’s campaign is financed in the same way every other establishment candidate’s campaign is financed — through large donors, well-heeled donors. I don’t necessarily begrudge Clinton for going this route; she’s operating in a political ecosystem that incentives corruption. But the contrast between Sanders and Clinton on this front is striking to say the least.
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Wed Sep 09, 2015 at 11:27 AM PT: Contact e-mail I sent to the DNC http://my.democrats.org/... :
You are looking for public support.
1st you need to support the public!
Consider the fact that the Party is too much establishment politics = catering to the wealthy few and corporations.
You wanna change your image?
Consider:
Get the potus to drop/rescind his insane all of the above energy program and stance.
Get the potus to join in Bernie Sanders campaign.
Stop limiting Bernie Sanders debate opportunities.
Make your debates solidly about issues and not about popularity contests.
And THEN we can talk about supporting the DNC.
Get your membership (in office) BUSY = supporting the issues that concern us all: (take Bernie's full campaign agenda as a good starting point)
Wealth Inequality
An immediate Living minimum "living wage" (tied to inflation) of no less than $15.00 an hour to START with.
Remove corruption from legislation = PUSH FOR ONE SUBJECT AT A TIME LEGISLATION ! Push for it NOW !!
Corporate money and wealthy individuals - buying government. (do something like come out in full support of overturning citizens united - perhaps endorse The Move To Amend Campaign).
End fossil Fuel Subsidies and transfer that money to implementation of clean energy alternatives.
Close tax loopholes of the wealthy and corporations - end the off shore tax havens.
Join together as a united front to do this (and so much more) - or expect to see continued dwindling support for the DNC by the majority of the public!
Do these things - starting "NOW" - the public is tired of hearing you just give lip service!