Democrats aren't in as much trouble as you'd think

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27. #3 is somewhat misleading...

What voters are wanting to hear is that one of these parties is invested at creating a more equal playing field (a reason why Sen Warren and Sen Sanders are so popular).

The candidates that come out with an economic agenda that pushes for equal pay for women/ men, passage of an anti-discrimination act that includes LGBT as well as women and other minorities, a policy that raises minimum wage to a living wage - or at least a path to that wage, and "pro-family" stances/ policies that make it easier for Americans to catch up....

The highest prices in today's families is that of day care, health care, and secondary school, i.e. college and trade schools. If the Dems supported, as a party, creating daycare programs and/ or voucher programs for families struggling to work and have their child(ren) in a safe, credible govt run facility or approved daycare provider (vouchers for those who have to hire private sitters when they are working the 2nd and 3rd shifts and in rural communities giving aid for child are would be cheaper than creating a facility for a handful of children spread out. Peace of mind knowing your child is in a govt run, approved program for children who are not of school age and then after school and summer programs for those whose parents work longer than a school day or are struggling to pay for daycare services when their kids aren't old enough to go to school yet. With regards to college, if the govt created a school/ service choice for students, then the cost could go down, while the young population does some good worlks in the world and has their minds and outlooks broadened.. Example, one could choose to serve in the Peace Corps thru their college/ training acceptance to help pay for the overall costs... And they could choose to do it right away, in the middle of college, or at the end of college. I would think most would choose before or midway they their college/ training experience to serve so they knew that they were on the right track with their degree. This way, there wasn't only military service as an option to help out with school. And health care is finally starting to be addressed, but hopefully we could move toward a single-payer system or a system like the VA?! This would take the financial burden off of companies, new companies, young people, and people who are near retirement age and could retire, but stay for the insurance benefits. Having people able to retire younger and fee up positions that pay better and could use a fresh set of new eyes and ideas, would be able to do so without fear of breaking their retirement funds due to a major illness or an illness they currently have.

Not only supporting families and smart economics of the most having the spread of wealth across the populous, but the idea that with our technology and our production rates thru the roof, so to speak, we could be utilizing the technology to work better for all of us. What was the point of making computers thin and compact or phones that connect to the Internet and with one another and take pics/ video, etc, if we weren't using the technology to let us work smarter and work less. Isn't our Utopian Sci-Fi fantasy having robots doing the crap jobs we don't want to do, while the rest of us having more time to enjoy a walk with loved ones, taking a vacation, having less time in the office, being able to retire earlier to try something new or to travel. The politicians that can start thinking outside of the regular box and offer that "better life" for people to envision will be the one's who can lead the pack.

BTW: (last point) people aren't worried so much about acquiring a job, they are more worried about the ripe of job it is and if the pay or the conditions of the employment pays enough to live, has room for advancement, and treats them like human beings... Also, no one is all that worried about debt, this is an inside the DC beltway bubble agenda. What people worry about is what and how their money is being alloyed and what they are going into debt from. Another war, like messing around with Russia over the Ukraine is something the American people cannot stomach and if we end up involved, by a Drmocratic president and majority in the senate, we will lose on subsequent political races into the future for some time... The blame will be placed on the Dems for going to war and wasting more money on military. What people want to be using money and have debt from is smart infrastructure that makes our country safer and easier to navigate (hello high speed rail). And investments in education so our people can compete with the world; even if that means the US Govt comes in and helps to subsidize more science, engineering, sustainable farming practices, animal husbandry, and foresting... It would also be smart , depending on the are in the country one lives, pushing for saner drug policies, decriminalizing marijuana, and treating other drug addictions with mental health services, rather than jail.

These items I've listed are things that I hear all types of people say they want from all walks of life, across political divides, across racial, ethnic, religious, and social boundaries. The only one's who prefer to keep their hoarding, powerful voices in the lead of the pack is the 1%. The system they have set up for theirselves, have left them insulated from the rest of the world. They don't have to share, empathize with anyone, or deal with the many hoops they set up for us. Their privilege has above the law (they seem to make it/ buy it; even the Supreme Court these days), they throw out their words, opinions, ideas as if they are the only one's who count or know to do anything (just look at the Gate's Foundation asserting they know how to teach better than a professional, seasoned teacher), they have the right to say as they wish with little repercussion (if you think Sterling is unique in his views, think again), and they can stand around waiving guns or shooting their friends in the face while hunting (and no investigation, arrests, or fear of law even gets put in their direction-- look at the wealthy rancher not wanting to pay his taxes and housing dangerous, radical militia groups on his property to state down the govt and proclaim he's above it all).