All to often both parties seem to have the public look to events and "smaller" items to hide their inability to accomplish meaningful progress and making the country better. Both Republicans & Democrats have talked to us, the American Public, about Rape, Women, Which party cuts Medicare & How they do it, Where the President was born, Gay Marriage and more. All of it has nothing to do with how are country will proceed in the years to come! Did the 18th Amendment help the country?
Democrats have to stand for workers as well as the Middle Class, but be proud of it. Our leaders in the party have to stop falling for chicken hawk republican call out. Stick with the progressive plan and its positives, while at the same time nothing letting the "Elites" with MBA's from Yale or the Scholars from MIT craft names for our plans that are over most peoples heads. We could have sold the Affordable Health Care Act better, Democrats were late to the fight and Republicans took the fight to the American public, an American Public that didn't know what the plan did because it is as easy to read as the programming guide for your old VCR. Instead of talking about people having insurance, medicare cost reductions, Pre-Existing conditions, The Small Business Tax Credits and the filling of the Medicare "Donut Hole," we fought about "Death Panels". There are no "Death Panels" in the Affordable Health Care Act!!! Democrats-STOP BEING WIMPS!! Stand Up for your beliefs. This is what we stand for, Everyone doing better, Everyone having a chance.
Democrats have to stand up to the Right Wing Bullies on the issue of Military Spending. Not just about wars-See Iraq, but spending. Not the VA, but Spending on two Jet Engines for one plane. Not the GI Bill but why we keep building up are forces when there is no super power left. China owns $1 Trillion in U.S. Treasury Securities, they are not going to invade us, but like a debt collector, they know they have us by the short hairs in many international disagreements. If we stop spending as much as the rest of the world combined on our military we could shave $1 Trillion over the next decade. That would still make the US Military the Best in the World! By Miles & Miles! Fact-the Military has spent more money in the last five years than during any other five year period since World War II. The Spending & Debt Service (Pentagon Spending only) stands at $3 Trillion Dollars thanks to two wars we didn't pay for, we borrowed the cash. The Pentagon's budget in the last years of Clinton was $287 Billion and the last years of Bush it had reached $665 Billion. We need a strong Military but not the cost of our economy!
Democrats have to focus on the American People, our lives, the American Dream-a Good Home, a Family and Middle Class life that gives its people the belief it can do better, it can be rich if it works hard enough. Currently that is not the case and the plan the republicans are following will make it next impossible for it to ever become true again. To the republicans, the American Dream is just that a Dream.
Democrats have to fight for the American Worker, NOT JUST UNIONS, but all workers. I'm talking about jobs. Supporting "Right to Work" acts is the right way to go. Let the nations Unions adapt to this, their choke hold over the American Auto Industry was part of its fall, we must be competitive against the world and out-dated 'Union Shop" rules have to go away or we will continue to lose Manufacturing to other countries. Do this while protecting workers rights to a safe work environment, their right to organize as well as their right to health care.
Democrats have to stop the take over of America's wealth by Wall St Bankers and do it with it their Campaign cash. We have to stop talking about it while at the same time taking Wall St Money.
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