"Once you get off of the social issues abortion, gay rights, guns and into the economic issues,"

[Honeycombe8]

61. You can't legislate against prejudice. Laws address discrimination already.

Wage theft = the upcoming tax plan. Focus. Economics. The tax plan = stealing from the middle and working class and giving to the rich.

Maternity leave - done. All mid-size and large businesses provide it. Most small businesses can't afford to pay for it.
FMLA - done.
Abortion rights - done. It's continually under attack. What else is new?
Discrimination - done. That's illegal. (You can't legislative what people think, only their behavior.) If you want to work on discrimination, join w/the rest to rail against economic disparity, and thoughts will change. Not just behavior.
Gay marriage - done.

To pose the argument that the Dem Party is fighting to gain these rights is wrong. We have them, for the most part. Now we need to focus on economic issues, while watching and fighting to ensure we don't lose ground on the social issues.

Everyone is affected by the economy. Every single person. I care if I'm called "Babe" at the office or my boss hits on me. But I care more about economics, when I can't pay for daycare or take a day off with pay when I'm sick. Or if my Social Security is being cut. Or Medicare is being cut and I don't have tons of money in my retirement account to pay for the illnesses that seniors get.

Economics affects everything. Yes, work on social issues. But focus on economic issues. That's also what people vote on. More Dems elected = more people to vote for the social issues.

All the energy spent on that Mello guy for being anti-abortion, for example. I didn't find anything to tell me he's anti-abortion as regards others. Only that he personally is. That law he sponsored was weird and iffy...but it required a dr only to tell the patient that she had the rt to get a sonogram. Stupid bill. But it didn't force her to get one, which IS an anti-abortion bill and rape by an object, as far as I'm concerned (since consent is not required). So much ado about nothing, to me. More to the point...why was Bernie campaigning for a mayor? That's a low level official. Maybe he owed him a favor.