Last week, Congressional Democrats unveiled a new economic agenda, “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future,” that they hope will help them win back the House in 2018.
The three-point plan includes:
- Raise the wages and incomes of American workers and create millions of good-paying jobs.
- Lower the cost of living for families.
- Build an economy that gives working Americans the tools to succeed in the 21st Century.
In a New York Times op-ed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote:
Democrats have too often hesitated from taking on those misguided policies directly and unflinchingly — so much so that many Americans don’t know what we stand for. Not after today. Democrats will show the country that we’re the party on the side of working people — and that we stand for three simple things.
First, we’re going to increase people’s pay. Second, we’re going to reduce their everyday expenses. And third, we’re going to provide workers with the tools they need for the 21st-century economy.
While Schumer said Democrats are not targeting blue-collar Americans in rural areas (read: white voters), this image seems to be sending a subliminal message.
Hmmm.
