Sunday, April 12, 2026

What Democrats Can Do...

Recommended, Democrat talking points:

Health care:  Single Payer/Medicare for All... We can catch up to all the other OECD countries that pay far less, than the USA, for better results. We can eliminate bankruptcy caused by medical costs;

Restore Research and Development, FFRDCs (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers), public and private government/taxpayer funded research universities;  

Raise the federal minimum wage from the 20 year old $7.25 per hour to a living wage, tied to inflation or GDP growth (which ever is better), starting at, at least,  $25.00 per hour;

Develop all flat, or south facing sloped, roofs to have solar panels and microgrid connected battery, electricity storage…  Supplemented with wind turbine generated electricity; 

Point out that there are, currently, approximately 300 million vehicles, and  similarly there are approximately 300 million guns in the USA.  The vast majority of the vehicles are driven every day, whereas almost none of the guns are fired every day.  Yet, the leading cause of injury and death for American children and adolescents is a shot from a gun…  We need responsible regulation of gun ownership;

See, also:

Bulls, Bears and the Ballot Box; How the Performance of Our Presidents has Impacted Your Wallet, by Bob Deitrick and Lew Goldfarb, Published by ADVANTAGE, 2012.

https://epiaction.org/2024/04/02/economic-performance-is-stronger-when-democrats-hold-the-white-house/#full-report

https://epi.org/press/new-report-finds-that-the-economy-performs-better-under-democratic-presidential-administrations/ 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/02/28/joe-biden-economic-policy-covid-recovery-election/2831709130611/  

https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/10/14/the-american-economy-has-left-other-rich-countries-in-the-dust  

Register and vote. 

Expect better government from Democrats, even if they do things quietly; don’t brag.




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