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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
8. I agree wih SCUBA...voting for local elections..getting involved there...and
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 08:38 PM
Nov 2013

trying to get the message out by supporting groups who can get visibility for issues we Democrats USED TO really...really care about. Aside from the Social Issues which are important...we Dems have Neglected the "New Deal Dem Issues" and allowed the Social Issues to get all the Activism and Support. While they are important issues, the other issues about Fair Wage for Work, Workers Issues of Pay for Hours Worked, Sick Time, Vacation Time, Right to Organize, Right to Protest, Finding way to Overcome BIG MONEY in our Elections, Gerrymandering, Verified Paper Ballot for Voting, Environmental Issues, Personal Rights as opposed to the Growing Presence of Surveillance, TSA Inspections and Monitoring of Citizens 24/7. Rights of Children to have Education that isn't controlled by Private Companies, Right to have our State Owned Taxpayer Paid for State Properties fall to Private Interests to buy out and for our Utilities not to be Manage by Private Corporations who have no interest in our States and Localities interests of the People... etc.

We Dems need to be more focused on ALL Of OUR RIGHTS so that the message will be INCLUSIVE and not SELECTIVE. (Not that selective groups haven't had to have extra attention by Democrats... and, that work should go on but we Dems have forgotten about or lost our way on "Focusing on the COMMON GOOD" to get broader support.)

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