2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Progressive Pragmatism versus Liberal Elitism [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)Answer me honestly - wouldn't it be great if we had a major trade proposal that guaranteed workers in Asian markets to organize into unions? Wouldn't that do more to level the playing field than anything to date?
Wouldn't it help workers here if currency manipulation could be stopped, artificially cheapening products imported from Asian markets?
You cannot credibly answer no to either of those questions. Right?
So is there some reason she shouldn't have promoted those ideas? And when they didn't make it into the final agreement she said she wouldn't support it. She voted against CAFTA as a senator, so that tends to support the concept that she is against trade agreements that don't benefit workers. Right?
Meanwhile Bernie hasn't got a clue how to solve the problems inherent in this global economy. And you have failed to make a case for her being a "corporate dem." If she is a corporate Dem why in the world would she vote against CAFTA?