VIDEO: Senator Casey talks Medicare, jobs
New Castle NewsJul 03, 2018
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"This election is tied for first in the most important elections of our lifetime," Casey said to the near-capacity crowd at the banquet hall. "This moment is about a lot of things, but it is mostly about a make-or-break time for the middle class and the American worker."
Casey talked about how American workers have more to shoulder as the costs of goods have risen substantially while wages have not.
"All of the costs in their lives seemed to have gone up, but the wages have all been but flat," Casey said. "If it weren't for the men and women of organized labor, those wages over the past 30 years or so would be a lot worse."
Casey cited reasons for a shrunken economy were the attacks on unions and government's focus shifting away from the middle class.
"We are going to come back to the interests and needs of working people once again," Casey said. "Remember the times when our parties drifted away and focused on some other priorities? I think we are getting back to the basics."
Casey then shifted focus to health care, including the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and tax cut legislation and how
"How about the Affordable Care Act and health care?" Casey asked the crowd. "(President
"That bill ripped away health care for millions of people and gave a tax cut for rich people. That is wrong in
Casey cited tax cuts to the rich and "hundreds of millions of dollars" going to "corporate giveaways" as the reasons he is fighting for the middle class.
"What about middle-class families?" Casey asked. "What about small business owners? They were left along the side of the road. They maybe got a little bit, but not nearly as much as they should get when a major piece of tax legislation, the first to come around of that size in the last 30 years."
He said that his goal as senator was to not go back to dark times of health care and that he would fight for fair trade.
"We are not going to allow these people to take us back to those dark days when an insurance company could control your life, could deny your child treatment because of a pre-existing condition," Casey said. "We are not going back to those days. We are going to fight them and we are going to win. We are going to start this year."
"He said it all," Moore said. "I believe in everything he said. It is a matter of getting these people in
"We are losing our voice. We have to get it back. We have to get out to vote. That is our main goal."
"There are so many people who have decided they are coming back to the Democratic party and are going to run for office," she said. "The number of people who are now part of the Democratic party, officially, is more than twice is because of last year.
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