Democrats say Trump's job growth isn't enough, demand 'moral' economy
by Naomi Lim
| February 21, 2019 08:38 AM
Democrats running for president in 2020 say the rapid job growth and low unemployment under President Trump isn't enough, and say America needs to strive for a "moral" economy.
Their calls seem to reflect a consensus among Democrats on how to attack what many agree is a healthy economy that's creating jobs under Trump, and the rising influence of socialist candidates and lawmakers in the Democratic Party. Less than a year before the first primaries, Democrats appear to have settled on an argument that says the economic gains seen over the last two years aren't being "shared" with others.
"What happened to a moral responsibility, to a moral capitalism?" former Vice President Joe Biden asked an audience of students Tuesday during an event at the University of Pennsylvania.
The possible 2020 contender, by way of example, recalled his work with General Motors as part of the automobile industry bailout, and criticized the corporation for not investing in worker training and modernizing when its fortunes improved.
"I'm not looking for charity. Business is not in business to be in charity, it's to make money. But the last dime does not dictate what corporate responsibility should be," the longtime senator from Delaware said. "And look, I don't begrudge anybody making a million or hundreds of millions of dollars, I really don't. But I do think there's some shared responsibility and it's not being shared fairly for hard-working, middle-class, working-class people."
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