I find it hard to believe you actually think either party is pro-labor, when half the states have at will employment and the US has one of the lowest pto requirements.
Maybe he didn't want the economy shut down on his watch. But if it took the most powerful man in the world to stop them, US Unions are powerful indeed.
If he’s so big government, anti-individual freedoms, pro-labor, anti-business and pro planned economy, then surely he could wave his president wand and force the rail companies to concede sick days instead of letting them shut down the economy
Touché. But a deal was imposed, just not the requested paid sick days. With such massive government interventions though, this sounds like anything but a free-market environment.
From you comment history, you really love talking about a "planned economy". I wonder what that means to you. Usually it means the government does the planning, but that doesn't make sense in context.
Do you really find them “on the left side of the spectrum”, or do you actually find them “to the left of your personal beliefs”? Those are not the same thing.
It is clear that GP commenter was comparing the positions of the U.S. Democratic and Republican parties to the positions of most mainstream parties in Europe. Have you got any examples in which the overall Democratic (let alone Republican) party policy would be considered left wing as compared to that of the parties in any European parliament or assembly?
>From a european perspective, GPT is right at the center of the political spectrum.
From a European perspective many talking points and political efforts of the Democratic party are certainly extremely left-wing. In fact, many of the European left-wing parties crudely import talking points on internal US issues, like for instance Black Lives Matter. Also, why would a "slightly rightwing party" push for anti-white CRT in schools, sex transitioning of children, abortions and mass immigration?
It might only appear leftist if you're from the US, where you vote either for the extreme rightwing or slightly rightwing party.