Which party has been more destructive to the middle-class? Democrats or Republicans?

[Zincwarrior]

Has the presence of tens of millions of illegals been helpful for the middle-class? Have illegals helped drive up wages in blue collar trades? Have they brought down rents and home values? Have they helped improve public education for middle-classers? What’s your thoughts?

Yes. Both are equally destructive.

 

[22lcidw]

Reagan destroyed the middle class and the American Dream

American laziness and other nations catching up in technologies and product quality and lower prices did that. Automobiles, electronics, heavy industry, steel, etc. was in decline by the time Reagan was elected. We transitioned from privileged employment in manufacturing to privileged employment in government and monopolies. Add the influx of women into the workforce and taxes mushroomed up at all levels of government.

 

[Doc7505]

This is white right-wing bullshit. Basically, all your claim amounts to is whites feeling they are being left out because they have to compete for things and cannot get everything given to them.

Your last sentence gives it all away.

Whites are 60 percent of the population and 76 percent of the workforce. Whites are 80 percent or more of the management positions. So where in the hell are white people being left out?

This is just a white man whining because he can't get everything he believes he is entitled to.

President Biden stood on a picket line with striking laborers. He is the first sitting president to have done that in the history of the United States. Trump didn’t do it, and in fact, he showed up at a non-union business barking bad things about labor, yet he was the one who those like you say connected with the working class. Historian Eric Loomis gave Biden a higher grade on his labor policies than any president since FDR. The Biden/Harris administration awarded 36 billion dollars to save the pensions of over 350,000 workers when they saved the Central States Pension fund. This fund paid the pensions for warehouse workers, construction workers, truck drivers, and food processors. This looks like Democrat support for the working class to me.

Meanwhile, Trump is screwing the white working class, and you are in here running your mouth about what democrats have lost. All I can say is this: Democrats don't need to gain back the trust of the racist white part of the working class. Those whites have not voted Democrat since 1964.

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Even the NY Slimes and Politico admit that Democrats have turned against Blue and White-collar middle class workers in the U.S.
Democrats have faced criticism for their immigration policies, which some argue harm blue and white-collar middle-class workers by increasing competition for jobs through low-skilled immigration. This perspective that such policies negatively impact wages and job opportunities for American workers.
Read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/democrats-working-class.html

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Democrats keep forgetting the working class

As right-wing politicians scoop up the blue-collar vote, the left has its head in the sand.

www.politico.eu

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The Democrats Actively Expedited Class Dealignment

In the 1990s, Democrats adopted a neoliberal program to suit the needs of capital, driving many workers out. The party then adopted a political strategy meant to replace working-class voters with professionals — with disastrous consequences.

jacobin.com

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/democratic-party-crisis-mode-00188547

 

[IM2]

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Even the NY Slimes and Politico admit that Democrats have turned against Blue and White-collar middle class workers in the U.S.
Democrats have faced criticism for their immigration policies, which some argue harm blue and white-collar middle-class workers by increasing competition for jobs through low-skilled immigration. This perspective that such policies negatively impact wages and job opportunities for American workers.
Read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/politics/democrats-working-class.html

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Democrats keep forgetting the working class

As right-wing politicians scoop up the blue-collar vote, the left has its head in the sand.

www.politico.eu

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The Democrats Actively Expedited Class Dealignment

In the 1990s, Democrats adopted a neoliberal program to suit the needs of capital, driving many workers out. The party then adopted a political strategy meant to replace working-class voters with professionals — with disastrous consequences.

jacobin.com

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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/democratic-party-crisis-mode-00188547

I'm not caring what those people think. I'm posting what Biden did. The only working class that had a problem was whites. There are working class blacks, Asians, Native Americans, Hispanics, they all voted in majority for Harris. Somehow, she was able to connect with them. Democrats need to just ignore the racist part of the white working class because that group has not voted Democrat for 60 years.

Trump sabotaged a border bill that was endorsed by the border patrol, so I'm not listening to some MAGAT talking about Democrats and immigration.