Since Georgie and his right-wing cohorts took over this country, they have labeled the liberals as vile, evil, and many other vicious names. I have even heard them ask, "Why do the liberals hate America?" Well, what is the truth? What have these evil liberals done to help America?
It turns out that liberals have done a few things for America. I submit the following list for your perusal. These are all liberal programs and ideas. The conservative right-wing in this country fought all of these ideas, even though they would like to take credit for some of them now.
Worker Rights - The 40 hour work week, minimum wage, child labor laws, overtime pay, and the right to unionize are all liberal ideas. Nowdays, I doubt there would be many Americans opposing these ideas.
Worker Safety - Liberals created OSHA and jobs are now safer than they have ever been. In the past, many employers forced workers to work in situations known to be extremely hazardous, because their pocketbooks were more important than the lives of their workers.
Equal Rights - Equal rights for minorities, women, and other protected groups have always been fought for by liberals and opposed by conservatives. This is still true today. The fundamentalist right-wingers would still love to take rights away from women and gays especially.
Religious Freedom - I know the right-wing claims to believe in religious freedom, but it is simply not true. They want their own religion to be free, but would happily discriminate against other religions or sects. Several have even admitted that they actually want a christian theocracy instead of a constitutional republic. Only liberals have consistently supported true religious freedom for all religions.
Social Security / Medicare - These programs protect American citizens as they reach retirement age. Although these programs are supported by a huge majority, right-wingers would still like to get rid of both programs.
Federal Deposit Insurance Program - In the past, Americans were subject to the whims of the economy, and if the economy took a downward turn and banks started going under, then the citizen just lost his savings. There was no protection. Now, citizens are protected by the FDIC from bank failures. Once again, a liberal program.
Free Public Education - Thanks to the liberals who fought for it, now all Americans have a right to a free public school education. These public schools have served our nation well. Sadly, right-wingers are still trying to water-down or destroy our public schools with vouchers and other stupid ideas.
This is just a sample of what liberals have done for this country. Frankly, I don't have the time or space to list everything. I am left with just one question:
Why do the right-wingers hate America?
Nice list. Too bad the Bush crowd spews venom with no real solutions to anything. The list seems to be growing from gays to immigrants. Soon they'll run out of wedge issues and have to run on their dismal record...high gas prices...isolation from almost every country in the world...say one thing and mean another...mindwash the red states and piss off the blue states.
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