In a recent write up, favoring "centrist economics",
minority leader Nancy Pelosi is pushing an “action plan”
that does little to improve the middle-class and less
for the working-class.
The so called "Action Plan" is more of the same "tweaking" of the
broken system we have... IOW, rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
The so called "action plan" calls for a massive transfer of wealth from
the super-rich and Wall Street traders to the heart of the middle class.
Pelosi is being presented as waging class warfare, which fits the right-wing
narrative that democrats are tax and spenders and wealth re-distributors.
Democrats are bringing this on the party themselves.
The rationale Pelosi is running with is that Populist values FAILED in the 2014 election!
The plan marks a rejection of the more cautious approach to economic policy taken last year by President Obama and Democratic leaders. That strategy — which emphasized raising the minimum wage, achieving pay equity for women and easing the burden of college debt — tanked with voters. Democrats lost 13 seats in the House and nine in the Senate, ceding control of that chamber to Republicans.
Individually, the policies polled well, but they were too narrow to inspire voters who were less interested in social justice than in broad economic advancement.
So the Washington Post's Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane are pushing that
Democrats lost because voters are uninspired by "raising the minimum wage,
achieving pay equity for women and easing the burden of college debt"?
Does anyone remember the Democratic Party campaigning on those issues?
Was that the Democratic Parties platform?
Raising the minimum wage is "social justice"
rather than "broad economic advancement"!?!
Easing "college debt", which is hurting the entire economy
is simply social justice, and not "broad economic advancement"
But somehow tweaking the tax credit for child care IS "broad economic advancement"???
EFFFFFFFF that!
Polls show that the majority of Americans support those very issues?
So why is Pelosi pushing an "action plan" that tweaks the tax code?
The centerpiece of the proposal, set to be unveiled Monday by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), is a “paycheck bonus credit” that would shave $2,000 a year off the tax bills of couples earning less than $200,000. Other provisions would nearly triple the tax credit for child care and reward people who save at least $500 a year.
Is this a winning platform?
Or is this the Washington Post cheer leading a meaningless
rearrangement of deckchairs and polishing brass on a sinking ship?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/democrats-in-a-stark-shift-in-messaging-to-make-big-tax-break-pitch-for-middle-class/2015/01/11/d4438468-9999-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
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