thanks to liberal programs that make sure our people don't die in the streets
so when you walk around talking about how 'lucky' our poor should feel to subsist, thank people like me... who vote to take care of our poorest, our sickest our weakest and our oldest...
so if i were you, i wouldn't be taking credit for america's largesse.
and while we're at it, what percentage of our budget goes to our military budget as opposed to helping people?
Ask people who have been rescued by our Military or the National Guard during national disasters and then see if the military budget doesnt "help people"
Thats not including the personal growth one can get from a military career, or the scientific advancement from military research.
And I do agree union formation and progressive politics helped shape our nation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The problem is that those poltiics have gone from righting great injustices to a system of self perpetuation for certain polticians and creation of work rules meant to stifle innovation and lower productivity.
i don't know. why don't you try asking the people who lived through katrina. i'm thinking they didn't think brownie did such a heck of a job.
as for the rest of what you said, well... you've got the meme down.
but the reality is before social security, 50% of our elderly lived in poverty.
before wage and hour laws and laws governing worker safety went into effect, children worked in sweat shops and women got locked into factories while they worked themselves blind and crippled and burned in fires.
you should know all of the history.. not just what your politics dictate.
Yes, those days a pretty much history in America. Now we're opening factories in Vietnam that do the same thing.