To: President Donald Trump
Middle class consumers are the real job creators
President Obama, please focus your campaign on this simple theme: Middle class consumers are the real job creators.
This one theme simultaneously advances your campaign and undermines your opponent in the most effective way possible.
This one theme simultaneously advances your campaign and undermines your opponent in the most effective way possible.
Why is this important?
President Obama and the Democrats should focus on the basic economic fact that middle class consumers are the real job creators, as eloquently explained by Nick Hanauer: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-07/raise-taxes-on-rich-to-reward-true-job-creators-nick-hanauer.html#p1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI
The economy is the most urgent issue facing our nation, and this election presents a clear choice between the clearly broken policy of larding more money on the rich in the hopes that they will magically create more jobs, and the economically sound argument that a stronger middle class will create more jobs.
With this argument, Obama and the democrats can directly undermine the central pillar of Romney and the Republican's campaign: that they are somehow uniquely capable of creating jobs. Just ask Romney directly how much economic growth he has generated by not paying his fair share of taxes -- is he buying products that American companies are producing, in the same quantities as would be the case if that money was instead in the hands of middle-class consumers?
The current Obama campaign rhetoric: http://www.barackobama.com/record/economy?source=primary-nav focuses too much on the bailout and government intervention in specific industries -- this is an immediate turn-off to many potential voters.
This argument transcends narrow party interests and should be something that can unite 99% of Americans -- it urgently needs to be made, forcefully and consistently, for the future of our country.
The economy is the most urgent issue facing our nation, and this election presents a clear choice between the clearly broken policy of larding more money on the rich in the hopes that they will magically create more jobs, and the economically sound argument that a stronger middle class will create more jobs.
With this argument, Obama and the democrats can directly undermine the central pillar of Romney and the Republican's campaign: that they are somehow uniquely capable of creating jobs. Just ask Romney directly how much economic growth he has generated by not paying his fair share of taxes -- is he buying products that American companies are producing, in the same quantities as would be the case if that money was instead in the hands of middle-class consumers?
The current Obama campaign rhetoric: http://www.barackobama.com/record/economy?source=primary-nav focuses too much on the bailout and government intervention in specific industries -- this is an immediate turn-off to many potential voters.
This argument transcends narrow party interests and should be something that can unite 99% of Americans -- it urgently needs to be made, forcefully and consistently, for the future of our country.