r/moderatepolitics • u/frust_grad • 19d ago

AOC Tells Democrats She’s Willing to Give Up Her Rebel Ways News Article

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-time-rebel-alexandria-ocasio-140942927.html

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What about policies that help the working poor? I am all for helping the middle class but frankly they don't need nearly as much help.

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u/netowi 19d ago

Most people see themselves aspirationally: even if they're technically "the working poor," they won't see themselves that way. So when you say, "we're going to support the working poor," basically everyone assumes that you're talking about people poorer than themselves, and they get annoyed at the idea that you're going to take from them and give it to someone else.

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u/BlazingSpaceGhost 19d ago

That's true many people call themselves middle class but really aren't. Honestly I don't even believe in the middle class you have two classes the working class and the ownership class. If you have to work for money, regardless of what you do, then you are working class. If you earn your money through stocks, investments, and property then you are the ownership class.

However the American electorate is not ready for that kind of reframing. Call it whatever you want as long as it helps workers.

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u/The-Wizard-of_Odd 18d ago

No, the electorate isn't ready, actually I suspect that only about 6 people are ready for that.

I know a lot of people that meet your definition of working clas that would not and should not be close to being defined as such

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u/burnaboy_233 19d ago edited 19d ago

Fixes to the healthcare system can go the long way a lot of the wage stagnation is due to our increasing healthcare cost, and health insurances that businesses have to pay for. An actual policy for housing affordability. Maybe advocate more for trade schools and investing, more money into skill development for the public.

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u/Money-Monkey 19d ago

Maybe we can get the current government run single payer system to function properly. The VA has been a complete shit show over the past decade. We even had Bernie as the chairman of the veterans committee and they had a massive waitlist scandal where veterans died after being placed on secret waitlists.

If we can’t avoid waitlists and excessive deaths with our current VA single payer healthcare system why should we expand that to the entire country?

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u/eldenpotato Maximum Malarkey 19d ago

I imagine they need even more help.