The Democratic Primary

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only belonged because he had to in order to work. Dick admits this but also states that his father knew the importance of the union movement and the livable wage that he drew was due to the teamsters. He speaks fondly of his humble beginnings in the blue collar household in his St. Louis neighborhood. He hopes to sway the worker vote as being seen as one of them. He also brings up the point that his mother worked numerous jobs throughout her life and only received $42 a month as retirement. He uses this as an opening to detail his plan to make a truly universal and portable pension system. This pension system would follow the worker throughout their lives no matter how many times they change jobs. This is a means of persuasion of the people who are afraid the social security system will be gone prior to their retirement. The majority of the populace responds to persuasion easier due to fear and retirement seems to be a scary subject. Mr. Gephardt, as of late, has started emphasizing his moral mission to provide health care to every Am...