I see the pushback by No Kings and Indivisible, but who is creating a permanent policy presence?
DU?
Less the bickering. (OMG the bickering)
I posted the "Bernie Tour" mostly economic issues. That was the point of the tour. Root causes.
I don't want to downplay critical social issues.
The party doesn't want to offend oligarchs.
Maybe I'll start a thread, but this format is not so suited to refinement of a message or alternatives.
More like a github free, but it would require new accounts, since I don't expect DU to implement single signing. They might just have to be separate from DU, perhaps by invitation managed by someone at DU. OR have the github account owner check DU credentials.
I could start an OP responsive to replies, but that could grow into a very large and controversial job.
My ignore list is pretty big, so I am not terrifically neutral.
I could start with Bernie's mostly economic, "tour" issues and add my old post about values.
As a starting point.
From Bernie:
People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.
And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.
My previous post. (2023)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217954571
Democrats have compassion for others.
• When every person
a. is guaranteed rights, opportunity, and equity,
b. can make a good living,
c. is respected,
then all benefit and the nation benefits.
• Government invests in its citizens.
• Labor and innovation create wealth.
• Productivity gains are shared with those who are less blessed than others.
• Government is by the people and for the people.
• The legal system protects rights, especially of minorities.
In short: equality, honor and fairness.
The thugs have no compassion.
They believe that:
• Money and power are concentrated in the hands of a few.
• Business grows by monopoly aggregation and by stifling competition.
• Freedom means no regulation. Nothing more.
• Government enforces "the economic order" (a caste system)
• Workers and voters are kept from uniting, chiefly by a divide and conquer strategy, i.e culture wars.
• Welfare for the rich. The fraud called "Trickle Down" really means "golden showers". (wink, wink)
In short: inequality, arrogance and privilege
or just outrage over imagined/manufactured fears.
CIAO
It's late. Chores are undone. Battery running down.
Later.
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