Not just sometimes, I think a lot of times why the Democratic Party message falls flat because we think, let's just say defend Social Security. It polls like bananas, pulled at 90%, but nobody hears it. Why? Because it's boring. Republicans also say defend Social Security. If we talked about expanding it, making it so that no senior had to live in poverty ever again, increasing the payments way past cost of living by making it so that people that make over $400,000 a year have to actually pay into Social Security past $400,000 and there was some controversy around it, then it'd be a message. But right now, what I'll tell you is if you say what you just said to the leaders in the party of which I'm sort of becoming one, I Guess … (09:56–10:18)
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Asserts that Democrats should focus on expanding Social Security and increasing payments beyond cost of living.
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