Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

I think it's a stretch to say that Third Wayers are 'correct on social issues' - The social issues they are correct on mentioned in the article and what I have seen vis a vis their behavior are abortion rights (a woman's right to make decisions about her body) and same sex marriage.

These two issues do not imho make Third Wayers 'correct on social issues' when you consider the other 'social justice' issues they either ignore or work against - to name a few: universal health care, minimum wage, progressive taxation, increased funding for infrastructure, increased funding for education - lower tuition for college, etc., etc. I'm certain that many of the readers of this post can think of other 'social issues' that Third Wayers are incorrect on.
To start with, here is an itemized list of social issues proposed from the 'Progressive Caucus Better Off Budget' - I don't see Third Wayers supporting any of these issues.

MAKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BETTER OFF

Creating Good Jobs – creates 8.8 million jobs by 2017.

Long-term Unemployed – provides access to training and employment services to match

employee potential with employer demand.


Infrastructure – creates jobs in building and construction industries to repair and

modernize our ailing roads, bridges and water infrastructure.


State Aid – provides assistance to states to allow them to hire and rehire public employees such as police, firefighters and health care workers.

Public Works and Education – a direct hire program that includes seven jobs corps to hire physicians, students, construction and community workers and an education program boost to hire more teachers and improve schools.

Reversing Harmful Cuts – repeals the Budget Control Act and Sequester, restores Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, restores unemployment insurance, fully funds the Prevention and Public Health Fund, and ends the federal worker pay freeze.

Equity for Women and People of Color – enhances federal programs targeted at creating equity and improving outcomes for women, people of color, and their families.

Protecting Veterans and Workers through Retirement –adopts a cost-of-living adjustment that takes into account realistic retiree expenses and fully funds veterans programs in advance.



FAIR INDIVIDUAL TAXES




Implements a new Hard Work Tax Credit for households earning less than $150,000.


Returns to Clinton tax rates for households making over $250,000 and implements new

brackets for those making over $1 million.


Equalizes tax rates for investment income and income from a hard day’s work.


FAIR CORPORATE TAXES
Eliminates the ability of U.S. corporations to defer taxes on offshore profits.
Enacts a Financial Transaction tax on various financial market transactions.
Implements Chairman Dave Camp’s financial institution excise tax.

HEALTH CARE
Protects and strengthens Medicare and Medicaid without cutting benefits for seniors.

Builds on Affordable Care Act savings and successes, including implementing a public

option and expanding payment reforms.


Allows states to transition to single-payer health care systems.


ENVIRONMENT

Closes tax loopholes and ends subsidies provided to oil, gas and coal companies.


Addresses the climate change crisis by enacting a price on carbon pollution while holding

low-income families harmless.


Invests in clean and renewable energy, which creates middle class jobs, boosts the

economy, and cuts pollution.


DEFENSE
Modernizes our defense posture to create sustainable baseline defense spending.
Ends emergency funding for Overseas Contingency Operations.
Increases funding for diplomacy to stabilize key world regions and for the Office of
Economic Adjustment to assist in responding to defense program shifts.

IMMIGRATION
Implements comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship.

PRIVACY AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Calls for transparency in national security budgets to bring accountability to bulk data collection programs.

HOUSING
Meets funding needs for programs that help struggling families stay in their homes after the housing crisis.

PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS
Funds public financing of campaigns to curb special interest influence in politics.

SOCIAL SECURITY
Endorses “Scrapping-the-Cap” and expanding Social Security benefits separately from the federal budget process.

http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/better-off-budget/