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The Way Forward

bucolic_frolic

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6. To connect with workers, empower them financially.

Reply to Shrek (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2025, 06:16 PM

Feb 17

Not just wages, not unions, not day care, not soccer mom home businesses.

Entrepreneurship education, startup loans, retirement equity, security with renting and owning.

We gave equity to students with advanced degrees. Waitresses and plumbers wanted to know, where is their cut? Who's going to help us?

We should steal the entire IRA/401 structure from Republicans and make it pay for working people at all stages, and all incomes, of life. As it sits, IRAs are mostly voluntary. People have opportunity but don't fund them to the max. Democrats need to make it mandatory. Republican tax cuts should go into the future support of people who actually do the work.

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Democrats Fear They Are Missing the Moment to Remake the Party [View all] Shrek Feb 17 OP

Ken - you need to start over with a new message. dchill Feb 17 #1

I'm reluctant to consider a NYT LuvLoogie Feb 17 #3

But do you deny the need for a new message? dchill Feb 17 #4

The only message the the MSM will let through LuvLoogie Feb 17 #9

Yep, the message to women to lie to their husbands worked great. quaint Feb 18 #15

Yeah I suppose that didn't have as much an effect on on "suburban moms" LuvLoogie Feb 18 #17

It resonated with the suburban Latinas around me. quaint Feb 18 #19

about 66% of Hispanic women and 56% of Hispanic men voted for Kamala LuvLoogie Feb 18 #21

Getting a good message out through the msm is nearly impossible unblock Feb 18 #16

There are tricks in getting a given creator on TikTok out to more people LuvLoogie Feb 18 #18

Very helpful tips! unblock Feb 18 #20

It definitely does. LuvLoogie Feb 18 #22

Republicans are a disciplined phalanx. Gum Logger Mar 2 #32

NYT again.... Lovie777 Feb 17 #2

To be fair the piece isn't really advocating any particular course of action Shrek Feb 17 #5

The headline writers are never our friends Lulu KC Feb 18 #14

it's smearing the party name and implies we don't have a course of action (nt) cadoman Feb 25 #29

To connect with workers, empower them financially. bucolic_frolic Feb 17 #6

Forced to save with what money Pull_Left Feb 25 #28

I don't really see many problems with the party, keeping unauthorized people (Musk) away from vote counting machines SheilaAnn Feb 17 #7

The remodeling is near complete C_U_L8R Feb 17 #8

Since the msm is doing the job inadequatelya major effort to inform people living inside the right wing information silo CentralMass Feb 17 #10

I fear that democrats have permanently alienated a large constituency. mike_c Feb 17 #11

I went back and looked at my old wages in today's dollars somsai Feb 17 #12

My Suggestions. Please read. usonian Feb 18 #13

Excellent article... Martin is wrong. WarGamer Feb 24 #23

We had a real chance to harness the anger and turn it into energy for bold and exciting initiatives. Nanjeanne Feb 24 #24

imho the only thing Dems dont do as well as repugs is lie, cheat and steal.. samnsara Feb 25 #25

Surely not popular observation bucolic_frolic Feb 25 #26

The NYT's is still a thing? SalamanderSleeps Feb 25 #27

Careerists and their consultants are doing fine. Passages Feb 27 #30

It does seem as if the careerists and consultants have a stranglehold on the party. yardwork Feb 28 #31

Own a radio network. Gum Logger Mar 2 #33