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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I did not "attack" them. I probably am one. What I said was,
I am happy to entertain any proposal. Without minimizing the importance of healthcare or the environment or other things, I'm really talking about the economy, and the distribution of the gains from whatever growth we enjoy. How to create good jobs with good wages. This is a big problem, and it's not just the US.
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Well, we've effective had two years of effectively legislating in the last 16, during which we got major bills through that include healthcare, minimum wage, and CFPB. If we can build a majority, there is more, but those have some impact.
The hardest two areas to deal with are the demise of unions, who to some extent helped bring it on themselves by failing to support things like trade agreements that support unionization abroad or coordinated Mexican unionization drives when NAFTA was adopted, and automation. The unions in particular need more focus at the state as well as federal level.
The other really tough area is encouraging the growth of tech industries outside SV and Boston. One of the key issues here is resistance: building strong university tech communities is key, and a lot of red states aren't willing to support that.
