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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
GGG rightly notes that the Democrats support higher wages. That's true, and that's laudable. But you don't see them moving the ball on that issue at the national level, even when they're in charge. They don't dare even raise the prospect of doing what Seattle did across the country because their corporate benefactors would kill them if they did. Sure, maybe Booker and Warren and Bernie do it. But even they know, a bill to radically raise minimum wage will never happen, so demanding one is cheap and easy political points with the left, with little downside.
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Obama worked to have his lasting legacy be healthcare, which against a lot of bad faith obstruction was very difficult. That actually had a very substantial impact on real incomes for a large swath of people, and created a large number of good jobs dispersed across the country in healthcare.
My suspicion is the next Democrat trying to find a legacy is going to focus either on wages or education.
Dems won't get more than one big move per president unless they get a much larger portion of the house and senate than I think is possible in the next decade and a half.
