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africanboy | karma 165 | avg karma 0.5 · 2021-01-12 21:50:29+00:00

the Democratic party of the USA is center-leftish at best.

For example they don't openly support

- unions

- universal free healthcare

- strong workers' guaranteed rights (paid holidays, paid sick leave, paternity/maternity, limited working hours - e.g. max 40 hours per week -, overtime pay etc. etc.)

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yuliyp | karma 1888 | avg karma 3.14 · 2021-01-12 22:13:21

> they don't openly support

What's the definition of openly support you're using? Going off the party platform, it seems like they do:

> unions

> strong workers' guaranteed rights

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/building... see the section "Protecting Workers and Families and Creating Millions of Jobs Across America"

> universal free healthcare

Except for the word "free", https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/achievin... makes their position on universal health care clear. Exactly how the cost gets shared by society is something that's a bit more nuanced (there's no way for it to be completely free; the question is how much is funded by taxes vs other fees).

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africanboy | karma 165 | avg karma 0.5 · 2021-01-12 22:19:17+00:00

that's interesting.

thanks for posting it.

My knowledge of their program was evidently not updated with their latest propositions.

I hope they'll make it this time.

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