Very few of our leaders in either party seem to care overly about the poor, but the GOP of course has them in their cross hairs.
Crippling Medicaid is high on its to do list.
In the Times, Gene B. Sperling writes about “The Quiet War on Medicaid.”
Once again, if the Democrats could bestir themselves to defend a program that benefits the poor, yes the POOR, and not only what remains of the middle class, and if they could somehow muster the messaging skills to explain to the poor how they are defending their interests, said poor might actually come out and vote in larger numbers.