👍 > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 07:50:38 -0700 (PDT) > > I actually agree with her > > "During the 1970s, we had a thriving middle class in this country. > We had a thriving middle class in which the average worker had decent > benefits. The average worker could afford a home. The average worker > could afford a house. The average worker could afford a car. The > average worker could afford a yearly vacation and to send their kids > to college. It’s not an accident that that’s not the way things are > now. So what you’re going to say to that average worker … What? > You’re not even going to raise the minimum wage? Even when they talk > about raising the minimum wage, it’s still not talking about raising > it to a level that’s actually a livable wage in many states in this > country. > > We have got to face this. Then the elite establishment Democrats say > to people like myself we’re trying to hijack the Democratic Party? > No, they hijacked the Democratic Party. We’re Franklin and Eleanor. > They’re the Whitneys and the Morgans and the DuPonts and all those. > We need to go back to the Rooseveltian principles and pillars of > unequivocal advocacy for the working people of the United States."