Blog Stage 4: Democrats Propose A Better Deal? Nope.

       On July 24, Kevin Gosvtiola from Shadow Proof issued an article titled "Democrats Still Don't Have 'A Better Deal' For Working People" where Senator Chuck Schumer of the Democratic Party reveals a proposal for the working people.

     Over the past 8 months, the Democratic Party has struggled to construct any kind of proposal as an alternative to trusting President Trump. Schumer claims that they will "increase people's pay," "reduce their everyday expenses," and "provide workers with the tools they need for the 21st century economy." The article also mentions breaking up bigger companies as well as addressing the issues of over priced, lifesaving prescription drugs.

       This article argues that the Democrats are doing no better to serve the people and raise the minimum wage or lower the price of prescriptions than the Republicans are with repealing and replacing Obamacare. This plan to give employers, particularly small businesses, a large tax credit to train workers for unfilled jobs translates fairly closely to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's offer in June 2015 for tax credits for "every apprentice hired as a way to boost employment among young adults." The Democrats should not be allowed to sell this as a new bargain for workers when it is what the party has tried to sell to working people before. Other parts of the new deal have also been proposed, like when Senators Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders suggested the importation of drugs from Canada as a way to control the cost of prescription drugs.

     This article is targeted for anyone who, even slightly, leans toward the democratic side. This should be a huge eye-opener for the public to realize that the Democrats are just as much in a rut as the Republicans. The Democrats cannot and will not promise the working people all that much so long as they continue to pass off old ideas.