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liberal_at_heart

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1. Good. Then he can fight for a living wage, not just a minimum wage. He can fight for substantial

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2015, 11:41 PM

Jan 2015

increases to all education, K-12 and universities. He can fight for unions. He can fight for single payer health care. He can veto any bill that cuts SS and SSDI. He can stop supporting the TPP. He can do all these things. The question is: Will he? Historically the answer has been no. Are we seeing a new Obama? I would love to see a new Obama, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Obama has set the parameters of 2016: middle class economics vs. trickle down economics [View all] applegrove Jan 2015 OP

Good. Then he can fight for a living wage, not just a minimum wage. He can fight for substantial liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #1