"What have the Romans ever done for us?"

[Delta4Embassy]

Inspired by the bit from Monty Python's "The Life of Brian," I thought I'd google around to find a list of accomplishments we owe thanks to Democrats and liberals for giving us:

"But I thought it would be helpful to put in list form all of the accomplishments and achievements and victories of Progressives, Liberals and Democrats over the last century.

* The GI Bill

* Endangered Species Act

* Environmental Laws

* The Space Program

* The Peace Corps

* Americorps

* The Civil Rights Movement

* Earned Income Tax Credit

* Family & Medical Leave Act

* Consumer Product Safety Commission

* Americans With Disabilities Act

* Freedom of Information Act

* Women's right to control their reproductive future

* Allowing citizens to view their own credit records

* The Internet

* Balancing the federal budget

* The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)

* Lobbying Disclosure Act

* "Motor-Voter" Act

* The Voting Rights Act

* Unemployment Insurance

* Medicare/Medicaid

* Food Stamps/WIC

* Social Security

* Peace between Israel and Egypt

* Peace between Israel and Jordan

* The Department of Education

* The Department of Energy

* The Department of Transportation

* The Department of Housing and Urban Development

* Labor Laws

* The Marshall Plan

* Winning World War II

* Food Safety Laws

* Workplace Safety Laws

* The Tennessee Valley Project

* The Civilian Conservation Corps

* The Securites and Exchange Commission

* Women's Right to Vote

* Universal Public Education

* National Weather Service

* Product Labeling Laws

* Truth in Advertising Laws

* Morrill Land Grant Act

* Rural Electrification

* Public Universities

* Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

* Public Broadcasting

* Supporting the establishment of Israel

* The United Nations

* NATO

I am sure I am missing something. Feel free to add to the list. But it goes without saying, every single leap forward over the last century has been the result of Democratic, Liberal and Progressive policies, positions and goals."

Daily Kos: What Have Liberals and Democrats Ever Done For Us?

 

[rightwinger]

But...but.......they pass laws banning the Big Gulp

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Until they come for my pipe, shrug. If they do, then there will be trouble.

 

[Agit8r]

rural electrification was the first that came to my mind

very extensive in the south. But then, all those states voted for FDR back then too

 

[American4Americ]

Inspired by the bit from Monty Python's "The Life of Brian," I thought I'd google around to find a list of accomplishments we owe thanks to Democrats and liberals for giving us:

"But I thought it would be helpful to put in list form all of the accomplishments and achievements and victories of Progressives, Liberals and Democrats over the last century.

* The GI Bill

* Endangered Species Act

* Environmental Laws

* The Space Program

* The Peace Corps

* Americorps

* The Civil Rights Movement

* Earned Income Tax Credit

* Family & Medical Leave Act

* Consumer Product Safety Commission

* Americans With Disabilities Act

* Freedom of Information Act

* Women's right to control their reproductive future

* Allowing citizens to view their own credit records

* The Internet

* Balancing the federal budget

* The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)

* Lobbying Disclosure Act

* "Motor-Voter" Act

* The Voting Rights Act

* Unemployment Insurance

* Medicare/Medicaid

* Food Stamps/WIC

* Social Security

* Peace between Israel and Egypt

* Peace between Israel and Jordan

* The Department of Education

* The Department of Energy

* The Department of Transportation

* The Department of Housing and Urban Development

* Labor Laws

* The Marshall Plan

* Winning World War II

* Food Safety Laws

* Workplace Safety Laws

* The Tennessee Valley Project

* The Civilian Conservation Corps

* The Securites and Exchange Commission

* Women's Right to Vote

* Universal Public Education

* National Weather Service

* Product Labeling Laws

* Truth in Advertising Laws

* Morrill Land Grant Act

* Rural Electrification

* Public Universities

* Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

* Public Broadcasting

* Supporting the establishment of Israel

* The United Nations

* NATO

I am sure I am missing something. Feel free to add to the list. But it goes without saying, every single leap forward over the last century has been the result of Democratic, Liberal and Progressive policies, positions and goals."

Daily Kos: What Have Liberals and Democrats Ever Done For Us?

Liberals are evil communists/crypto-Marxists, they can't do anything.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

The Green Party can't do anything. Starting with win elections. Consequently no one complains about them because they're not a threat. Only time people go to this much trouble to disparage someone or something is when they in fact are a real concern or threat.

 

[Agit8r]

I think that you forgot the Child Tax Credit. Social conservatives LOVE that one (maybe we should start calling them "Social-Conservatives" with the hyphen )

 

[healthmyths]

Report: New regulations cost $216B and 87 million hours of paperwork. What do they reap?
Report: New regulations cost $216B and 87 million hours of paperwork. What do they reap?

The federal government imposed an estimated $216 billion in regulatory costs on the economy last year, nearly double its previous record, the conservative American Action Forum think tank calculates in a new report. That figure represents a mixture of lifetime costs – how much one regulation will affect the economy over time –
and annualized costs, because agencies estimate regulatory costs differently.
The same report calculates that the regulations put nearly 87 million hours of paperwork burdens on the economy, or the equivalent of a year’s work for some 43,000 full-time employees.
The big paperwork drivers were the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law and the Affordable Care Act.

So the list includes those rules and regulations that cost the economy $216 billion a year.

Then let's consider the costs of the UN for example:
5 wars.. WWII, Korea.. Vietnam Iraq War on Poverty..ALL driven by a Democrat President AND the UN membership...
Cumulative costs $17 trillion
1941-1945 World War II in 2008 $ 4.114 trillion
1950-1953 Korea in 2008 $320 billion
1965-1975 Vietnam in 2008 $ 686 billion
1990-1991 Persian Gulf War in 2008 $ 96 billion
2003-Present Iraq 2008 $648 billion
2008-present Afghanistan 2008$ 171 billion
Costs of Major U.S. Wars

1965- present War on poverty $12.5 trillion.
Total welfare spending has climbed almost as much: Governments are now disbursing $908 billion a year to alleviate poverty, up from $256 billion (also in constant dollars) in 1965.
from 1965 to 2014 per year of $256 billion or $12.5 trillion over the 49 years.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/11864-the-war-on-poverty-$15-trillion-and-nothing-to-show-for-it

Yup we have all of the above thanks to the Democrats!
Then let's consider the costs of Social security for example...
At the close of the federal government's 2012 fiscal year, the federal government had $67.7 trillion in debts, liabilities, and unfinanced obligations for current Social Security and Medicare participants. This equates to $215,311 for every person living in the U.S. or $559,331 per household.
Social Security Basics - Just Facts

And these are JUST 3 areas that Democrats TAKE credit for...

Rules Regulations $200 billion more a year

 

[Delta4Embassy]

I think that you forgot the Child Tax Credit. Social conservatives LOVE that one (maybe we should start calling them "Social-Conservatives" with the hyphen )

List is from 2005.

 

[Katzndogz]

Most, but not all, laws passed by liberals have a core of necessary goals. Overlaid on that core is layer upon layer of nonsense.

 

[Agit8r]

I think that you forgot the Child Tax Credit. Social conservatives LOVE that one (maybe we should start calling them "Social-Conservatives" with the hyphen )

List is from 2005.

It was passed by the GOP-controlled congress in 1997, and was doubled by the Bush Tax Cuts:

Policy Basics: The Child Tax Credit ? Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

 

[American4Americ]

Report: New regulations cost $216B and 87 million hours of paperwork. What do they reap?
Report: New regulations cost $216B and 87 million hours of paperwork. What do they reap?

The federal government imposed an estimated $216 billion in regulatory costs on the economy last year, nearly double its previous record, the conservative American Action Forum think tank calculates in a new report. That figure represents a mixture of lifetime costs – how much one regulation will affect the economy over time –
and annualized costs, because agencies estimate regulatory costs differently.
The same report calculates that the regulations put nearly 87 million hours of paperwork burdens on the economy, or the equivalent of a year’s work for some 43,000 full-time employees.
The big paperwork drivers were the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law and the Affordable Care Act.

So the list includes those rules and regulations that cost the economy $216 billion a year.

Then let's consider the costs of the UN for example:
5 wars.. WWII, Korea.. Vietnam Iraq War on Poverty..ALL driven by a Democrat President AND the UN membership...
Cumulative costs $17 trillion
1941-1945 World War II in 2008 $ 4.114 trillion Are you SERIOUSLY going to try to argue the validity of this war? The UN wasn't even invented...
1950-1953 Korea in 2008 $320 billion Eisenhower...
1965-1975 Vietnam in 2008 $ 686 billion (Nixon also partook in the war)
1990-1991 Persian Gulf War in 2008 $ 96 billion Bush...
2003-Present Iraq 2008 $648 billion
2008-present Afghanistan 2008$ 171 billion Bush...
Costs of Major U.S. Wars

1965- present War on poverty $12.5 trillion.
Total welfare spending has climbed almost as much: Governments are now disbursing $908 billion a year to alleviate poverty, up from $256 billion (also in constant dollars) in 1965.
from 1965 to 2014 per year of $256 billion or $12.5 trillion over the 49 years.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/11864-the-war-on-poverty-$15-trillion-and-nothing-to-show-for-it

Yup we have all of the above thanks to the Democrats!
Then let's consider the costs of Social security for example...
At the close of the federal government's 2012 fiscal year, the federal government had $67.7 trillion in debts, liabilities, and unfinanced obligations for current Social Security and Medicare participants. This equates to $215,311 for every person living in the U.S. or $559,331 per household.
Social Security Basics - Just Facts

And these are JUST 3 areas that Democrats TAKE credit for...

Rules Regulations $200 billion more a year

I'm all for telling a few small lies to the leftists, but you may actually be retarded.

 

[Dutch]

TVA that helped thousands of unemployed workers in the thirties.