He says he's on the side of workers, but he always wants to punish their employers. So while we do not propose any war on capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. You see, Lincoln understood what Gore and his fellow class warriors just don't get. There's no war between capital and labor. Capital and labor are the same people at different stages of their lives.
Workers work to save, then to invest and ultimately to become owners of capital.
At any given time, the relationship between workers and capitalists is more like a marriage than a class war. Sure, they disagree and fight occasionally, but their common interests and interdependency far outweigh any short-term divergence of interests that might arise. The time to fix the leaky roof is while the sun is shining at home and abroad. In the debate, Cheney's task was easier because the issues are clearly on the side of progressive reforms. Without these reforms, Social Security and Medicare will be insolvent in the near future.