minimum wage
lobbying reform
lower interest rates (?)
First, the raising of the minimum wage might attract some from that pay scale whose aspirations go no higher than staying at that pay scale. For those who have dreams of making much more, they will be ripe for a campaign based on dreams and initiative.
Second, "lobbying reform" is a loser issue. I don't hear anyone running around with "lobbying reform" on their lips.
Third, lower interest rates than the lowest of the last hundred years or so? They're playing right into the hands of the Republicans who brought them the lower rates.
Hey, but it's a plan. Finally something concrete the Democrats can lose on.
My understanding is that many union contract wages are tied to the minimum wage -- every time a lib talks about raising the minimum wage, it's really a biscut being thrown to the labor unions.
Bingo! The type of jobs that command "minimum wage" have played the role of transitional positions that expose the young person to the workaday world, introduce them to the expectations of the workplace, develop workplace interaction skills etc. "Living wageists" want to destroy this concept by turning these type of positions into posts where the expected turnover stops and lumps that camp out for life populate these positions.
Nothing about the borders and the war on terror..
The "lower interest rates" is a double-edged sword. Yes, it's fine for people who are buying homes and cars but it can be devastating for seniors who depend on interest income generated by their savings. And wasn't it the Republicans who were trying to "kill" seniors? I'm fortunate because I have fairly good rates locked in right now and I still work part time but the day will come when all I will have will be my SS and interest income.
There is nothing any Dem anwhere could say that would induce me to vote for one of them, EVER.