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Yavin4

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16. The current status quo means that life is unaffordable for a growing number of Americans.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:31 PM

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The costs of housing, transportation, healthcare, and education are all growing faster than wages. And retirement is becoming a fantasy. These are structural problems that need addressing.

For the Democrats to re-gain and hold power, they have to address these structural issues. As a party, relying on "MAGA is bad" is not an effective political strategy as has been proven 2 out of the last 3 elections.

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Status Quo is politically unpopular. Democratic leaders need to understand this if they want to re-gain power. [View all] Yavin4 Monday OP

Dem leaders rejected Build Back Better ? delisen Monday #1

To the median voter who doesn't follow the news, esp. political news, then yes, to them Dem leadership Yavin4 Monday #3

People aren't voting on issues. They are voting based on things like beer ads JI7 Monday #2

A majority do not vote at all. Yavin4 Monday #4

What's the point when Americans are Blue_Tires Monday #5

They're uninformed. They don't watch the news. They don't follow politics. Yavin4 Monday #7

Agreed, but Harris/Walz talked about the economy Blue_Tires Monday #10

Their problem was that they had to defend the status quo. Yavin4 Monday #11

The fact that people just naturally assume Blue_Tires Monday #14

The current status quo means that life is unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. Yavin4 Tuesday #16

If they think Donnie is going to fix it, they're literally too stupid to breathe Blue_Tires Tuesday #17

I think Rumpy & the Republicans will be the de-facto Status Quo Ars Longa Monday #6

Precisely. Yavin4 Monday #9

Recommended. H2O Man Monday #8

Agree with 1-2 newdeal2 Monday #12

A strong enough message can get out without big money. Yavin4 Monday #13

So what do the magic words "static quo" mean? Bad things Democrats do? betsuni Tuesday #15