There are two options: protectionism or implement policies to help/retrain everyone to give them a decent living. I'm not sure which you'd support, but I'd arg

There are two options: protectionism or implement policies to help/retrain everyone to give them a decent living. I'm not sure which you'd support, but I'd argue US Democrats, at a national level, have been pursing policies to help and retrain those workers. * American Jobs Act (2011) a 5.6-percent tax on all income over $1 million to pay for new “stimulus” spending by the government. failed 50-49 * Buffett Rule (2012) levy a minimum 30% tax on wealthier Americans. 45 Republicans voted not to end debate preventing it from being voted on. * Card Check (2009) would have made it easier for labor unions to organize and stay in power by making union elections by secret ballot obsolete. Instead, employers would be forced to recognize a union once organizers collected a majority of employee signatures. Scrapped by Democrats after the Republican minority threatened to filibuster. * Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act (2010) older Americans would have collected an extra $250 in tax credits under the cost of living adjustment in Social Security, or COLA. Failed 53-45. * Minimum Wage (2014) federal minimum wage of $10.10. Democratic proposal filibustered by Republicans. * The “Public Option” (2009) Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., joined Republicans threatening to filibuster the health care bill. * Prolonging Bush Tax Cuts (2010) Senate Democrats tried twice to extend George W. Bush’s tax cuts only to middle-class Americans. Higher tax brackets would have returned to Clinton-era rates under their plan. Republican filibusters anything short of across-the-board cuts. (adapted from https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/636t5o/mitch_mcconnell_admits_the_rule_that_blocked/dfs96po/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/636t5o/mitch_mcco... because I dog-eared the post) To your Bay area worker, local politics vary greatly. Maybe the rhetoric and campaigning of the national party has pandered too much to this Bay area worker, but proposed policies aren't ignoring the rest of America. Maybe it's done because of fund raising?