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If people were willing to withhold their vote and not vote dem, then the dems wouldn't be able to ride roughshod over labor issues the way they do now.
If people really wanted Dems to prioritize labor issues, then Dems who prioritized labor issues would win primaries.
oh dear... no they wouldn't. You're living in a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, the system is rigged against labor issues. Look at the ratfucking bernie got and he was a compromiye candidate.
Nonsense. Bernie lost because he is unpopular among Black voters. And polls consistently show that Democratic voters prioritize other issues over labor.
Bernie lost because the DNC screwed him over. Calling him a racist is one of the many ways that they did that.
I agree that voters prioritize other issues over labor, but the Democratics refuse to take action on those issues as well. Maybe they could try doing what the voters want for a change, and see if people come out to support them.
Did the DNC make Sanders say this?
The top issues are among Democrats right now are inflation and civil rights, and that's what they are focusing their messaging on.
Then maybe the elected Democrats should have done something about those things when they had the power to. But they chose not to, and instead spent their time giving handouts to their rich friends, and bombing kids.
Democrats aren't responsible for Trump tariffs, and that's what is causing inflation.
Sure, that's why I said "When they had the power to". But they were responsible for the inflation under Biden and Obama, and instead of trying to fix that, they screwed over workers and gave handouts to their rich friends.
They did fix it. Inflation was under 3% when Biden left office.
lol, sure thing buddy. Housing was more expensive, education was more expensive, food was more expensive, healthcare was more expensive, wages weren't keeping up. But sure, they "fixed" inflation.
CPI was 2.9% in 2024
I'm sure the people that went bankrupt due to illness will be glad to hear that. Or the people that could no longer feed their kids due to Biden taking away their benefits. Or the students that still owe money becuase Biden chose to dick around instead of fixing their debt.
As I said, the top concern among Democrats is inflation. Not ending capitalism.
I'm pretty sure I didn't disagree with that. As I said, the Democrats should have done something about that when they had the chance.
They did. They reduced CPI below 3%, which means they fixed inflation.
That doesn't mean they solved everyone's problems. But they fixed what Democrats consider the biggest problem.
That's not fixing inflation. That's putting a bandaid on a broken leg, and calling it fixed. There are structural problems, that the Democrats pretty openly refuse to address.
If inflation is below 3%, there is no reason to lower it further. In fact it's harmful to try, because it would require austerity measures that increase unemployment. So once it reaches that point, it is indeed fixed.
Well then, maybe they could fix the housing costs, or the food costs, or the education costs, or health-care costs. Or increase wages. You know the other things that voters care about that you keep ignoring.
Cost is not the same thing as inflation. When inflation is low, costs are stable.
Costs of consumer goods, which voters are most concerned about, were stable when Biden left office.
Oh, right. I must have zoned out when I said that.... hrm... actually, I didn't say that. Weird.
Voters are most concerned about price stability, aka inflation.
Prices were stable when Biden left office. They aren't any more.
lol, k