Will the Democratic Nominee for 2016 Take on the Moneyed Interests?

[Crewleader]

By Robert Reich

Monday, March 2, 2015

Will the Democratic Nominee for 2016 Take on the Moneyed Interests?

It’s seed time for the 2016 presidential elections, when candidates try to figure out what they stand for and will run on.

One thing seems reasonably clear. The Democratic nominee for President, whoever she may be, will campaign on reviving the American middle class.

As will the Republican nominee — although the Republican nominee’s solution will almost certainly be a warmed-over version of George W. Bush’s “opportunity society,” seeking to unleash the middle class’s entrepreneurial energies by reducing taxes and regulations.

That’s pretty much what we’ve heard from Republican hopefuls so far. As before, it will get us nowhere.

The Democratic nominee will just as surely call for easing the burdens on working parents through paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave, childcare, elder-care, a higher minimum wage, and perhaps also tax incentives for companies that share some of their profits with their employees.

http://robertreich.org/post/112545018065

[ladjf]

1. That will depend on who the Dem nominee is. nt

[djean111]

2. That TOTALLY depends on who the nominee is. No Third Way nominee is going to go on record for

that stuff - it would cost corporations more money.

[MisterP]

3. "Hillary will! she HATES Big Money and has done more to fight Wall Street than two FDRs ever could!"

you literally have to think like this to be a supporter these days

[Scuba]

4. +1