(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) RALEIGH, U.S., November 8. I would expect that
republicans' takeover of the Congress would be a rough couple of
years for the economy, Graig Meyer, democratic candidate for member
of the North Carolina State Senate told November 7 on the
sidelines of the briefing on midterm elections for foreign
reporters.
“If republicans win in the midterm elections, they will likely
lead to a period of long political tension and the economy in the
U.S. often struggles when there is a political tension,” he
said.
Meyer noted that the first thing that democrats would focus on
in the economic policy is to increase the minimum wage, to ensure
people are making enough money to take care of their families, not
living in poverty.
“We also would expand government health insurance to give about
600,000 more people health insurance. Democrats have been committed
here in North Carolina to developing new economic opportunities all
across the state that combine clean energy such as offshore wind
energy, solar energy with our booming industry in building electric
cars and trucks so that we a real green energy economy that can be
the future of the state,” he explained.
Nevertheless, Meyer believes that democrats have done a very
poor job in discussing their economic platform issue and that's
part of the reason why the election is going to be so close.
“What democrats should say is that my economic platform is quite
simple. Democrats believe that you should make enough money to take
of your family and prepare for your retirement and you should work
on a job that respects you, not a job that exploits you or harms
you in any way. I think President Biden has done some very good
things to support the economy. Inflation is global now, not just in
the U.S. and the solution does not only lay at the feet of the U.S.
president, there are lots of people that have to work to bring
inflation under control. Republicans almost always support lower
wages for working people and lower taxes for rich people, while
democrats want you to make more money and rich people and
corporations to pay their fare share to make sure that we have a
government that takes care of everyone,” he added.
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