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Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
4. Love the freshman class of Democrats.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 09:10 AM
Feb 2019

Some of their ideas may not be workable, but they are pushing for things that are mostly a return to the achievements of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Beginning with Reagan, Republicans have been tearing down the policies, and financial protections, of the New Deal one by one. The pendulum needs to swing back. Average people are tired of voting for people who do nothing for the country, or worse, pass laws that harm them.

I see AOC and her compatriots as an effort to begin wresting control of our government from corporations and the ultra wealthy who act as though they have all the rights and everyone just needs to pay tribute to them. If you just want to stay in the middle and never push for change, then you never achieve change. And we need serious change! Some might argue for incremental change, but I’m not one of them. We need real change that starts rebuilding workers’ ability pport families without having to resort to two and three jobs.

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