Posted on 05/14/2018 9:14:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
From legal pot to guaranteed jobs, progressive ideas are drawing more attention from Democratic lawmakers especially potential 2020 contenders.
Freed from the constraints of power, Democrats are becoming a progressive ideas factory.
On issues like health care, immigration, jobs, and crime, once-fringe policy proposals are gaining traction with lawmakers, activists, and wonks as they debate the partys path out of its current wilderness.
HEALTH CARE
This is the biggest shift. Top-tier Democratic candidates around the country, including some in conservative-leaning districts, are running on a promise of universal access to Medicare.
JOBS
The hottest new topic in progressive circles is a proposal, backed by several of the Senates big names, to enlist the federal government to guarantee jobs for the jobless.
BASIC INCOME
While not in direct opposition to the jobs guarantee, some critics favor an alternative proposal: Spending big money to subsidize wages at workers existing jobs through the tax code.
IMMIGRATION
Democrats evolved on immigration enforcement under President Obama, from emphasizing enforcement he was once dubbed deporter-in-chief by activists to taking actions like DACA to protect huge swaths of undocumented immigrants from removal.
MARIJUANA
It was an image that would have seemed unthinkable a few years ago: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. signing a bong in an appearance on VICE News.
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No its not Free Shit for Everybody. Its free shit for the handpicked, most deserving (in their eyes) on the backs of those few remaining middle income class workers.
And what if Hillary is in the mix for 2020?
Talk of potential candidates in 2020 never mentions Hillary. But since she sees her destiny as being president someday, I wonder if she will try to muscle out other contenders in 2020.
The party of pot and communism!
Calling themselves “Progressives” does not change the fact that they are really COMMUNISTS in disguise. Cuidado!!!
I would be surprised if Hellary was on the right side of the grass when 2020 rolls around.
I would be surprised if Hellary was on the right side of the grass when 2020 rolls around.
“Freed from the constraints of power, Democrats are becoming a progressive ideas factory.”
Great. These Marxist “ideas” will guarantee they’ll stay out of power.
Liberalism is a mental disorder!
They’re just trying to buy votes.
With our money.
There is nothing progressive about socialism/communism. Its as old as the 10th Commandment about coveting, and it has always failed miserably. We shouldnt let them get away with calling themselves progressive.
I stand corrected.
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