I guess things are different, Frank. Who would be the Social Democrats in the US? Are they a party of their own (like here) or just a group of the Democrats?

I think every politician wants to give the impression that he does the most to secure jobs. Bigger businesses have more employees (=potential voters) and exports to foreign customers/imports of affordable goods helps to secure jobs for potential voters.

My point in using the word "accuse" was that the long-time governing Social Democrats tried to put the blame on the Liberals who haven`t been in power since 1998. Apparently this wasn`t very convincing.

Best wishes
Ernest