Need a clear reminder of our values?
Marisa DeFranco on Broadside helps pull the message back to the left.
Thanks Marisa DeFranco!
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Tired of the confusion about what Democrats stand for?
Reality-based commentary on politics.
Without mentioning economist Paul Krugman by name, DeFranco is proposing an approach to job creation that reflects what Krugman has been advocating for two years. See a recent Krugman interview here for a longer, very accessible explanation. As Krugman states, the ideas about strong government intervention to stimulate the economy during a period of high unemployment is textbook macro economics that has been confirmed repeatedly by recent experience.
Why do mainstream Democrats tiptoe around a solution that should not be controversial and that we desperately need?
It is so frustrating. For some reason they are misguidedly thinking that the general electorate, when speaking of reducing the debt/deficit, prefer the idea of reducing government by reducing investment in the United States and by ending entitlements???? Who are they listening to? I would say that many, many are worried about government debt, but would really prefer that government end genuine waste in the form of fraud and bridges to nowhere, and stop sending so much money overseas. There is so much misunderstanding about what people really want, and the message formed by the media is way off the mark.
As DeFranco advocates, we need health care not health business. Listen to her recent interview on Emily Rooney’s radio show in which she makes the case for Democrats to push for Medicare for All.
Love that our voice is finally back in conversation!