Reply #51: I don't see anyone bashing on people who have not had their lives decimated and hoping their lives [View All]

are decimated by the economy before November. I do see a lot who call those who are not making it in this economy 'whiners' and 'doom/gloomers.' My preference would be to start seeing some policies that would, once the recovery really takes hold, provide for the growth of the working and middle classes again-something to not only get us out of this pit but also to reverse the trends of the transfer of all the wealth upwards. And I would like to see some regulations of the markets to get us out of this boom/bust cycle that wipes out the wealth of the middle class every time it looks like they might get a leg up on the next rung of the ladder.

It is undeniable among most now that we have lived through 30 years of watching wages stagnate and decline for most while most of the money went to the top 1%. Reversing the downturn is good. But just returning to the kind of growth we've seen over 20 years where all the benefits went to the top is not all that inspiring. When we see years at a time where worker productivity increased but wages were flat or declining, we know everyone has been working harder just to stay in the same place or fall a little behind. I'd like to see some fairness restored and just getting back to where we were in 2007 isn't great. The administration has said they do not expect to see unemployment back to 8% until 2012. With that in mind, it would be a good idea to start talking about their plans to put us back on a track of upward mobility for workers that we have not seen since the 60's.

The President, in his speeches, has struck the right tone by acknowledging some improvements but also acknowledging that we still have serious problems. His supporters, OTOH, tend to be a little tone deaf and it is a turn off. If he follows his concern for the serious problems we still have with some plans to help reverse the trends for workers, we have a shot at retaining power in the House and Senate in November. If people keep overblowing every little uptick which is likely to be followed by another little downtick, it's not going to fool anyone and it's going to piss them off and make us seem out of touch. This is analogous to George the 1st at the grocery store without a clue what a gallon of milk costs or John 'the fundamentals of the economy are sound' McCain. As Democrats, I assume we are smarter than that and are better able to keep our ear to the ground.

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