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Can Democrats Set Out a New Path?
Democrats must embrace a pro-government platform, not run away from it.
Those were the sentiments of Senator Chuck Schumer today, in a speech given at the National Press Club. Talking about the reasons for Democrats' losses on Election Day, Schumer said that those losses were proof that the American people and middle-class want a government that will work more effectively for them.
He went on to say that, for the first time ever, the middle-class has lost faith in the American Dream, and that in 2014, Democrats lost because Americans have lost faith in the party and the government's ability to improve the lives of the middle-class. But it wasn't always like this. As Schumer pointed out, a pro-government mentality dominated America and the political landscape from the days of FDR until 1980 when Reagan came to Washington.
With FDR's New Deal policies and programs, Americans saw that government can strengthen the middle-class, improve the economy, and protect everyone's ability to live the American Dream. For several generations, Americans trusted our government's ability to improve living conditions for the working-class. As a result, Democrats stayed in power for a long time.
Then Reagan happened, and everything changed.
-Thom
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