Reply #86: democrats support a safety net [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

I think, though, that the era of Democrats being "for" the safety net may be over.

well, if i told you one party wanted to privatize social security and seemed to be running up the largest deficits in history to ensure that the system collapses, which party would come to mind ... social security is a key part of the safety net ...

and one party, though it's a big tent with many different flavors, wants to fight for health care, or at least health coverage, for all ... does this seem to fit one party more than the other? health care is part of the safety net ...

how about minimum wage, overtime pay, family leave and other worker rights? surely one party has a legitimate case to make for supporting workers and one does not ... protecting workers is part of the safety net ...

one party provides more than $112K in tax cuts to millionaires and one party does not ... the money collected from these tax cuts for the rich would be used for education, health care, and many other safety net programs ... one party supports these tax cuts for the wealthy ... one does not ...

the list goes on and on ...

i'm concerned that you've conflated Clinton's elimination of "welfare as we know it" with viewing democrats as partners with the republicans in doing away with the safety net ... i don't think this is an accurate characterization ...