God Made Liberals... and we are all thankful that he did!
Liberal Achievements:
The 8-hour workday, overtime pay, and the federal minimum wage (Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938).
The G.I. Bill of Rights, first enacted in 1944 under FDR, which provides funds for military veterans to
receive education/training, started unemployment compensation for veterans, and facilitates loans
for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, enacted under Lyndon B. Johnson, which outlawed major forms of
discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation and unfair voter registration
requirements.
The Social Security Act, enacted for limited recipients in 1935 under FDR and expanded under
Harry Truman and LBJ, which helps ensure that people who are too old or infirm to work can
still access basic necessities.
Medicare, which provides greatly subsidized health care to retirees. Medicare was signed into
law in 1965 by LBJ as an amendment to the Social Security Act.
If you drink water, you can thank a liberal for:
The Clean Water Act, first enacted under Truman in 1948 (the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act) and expanded under Jimmy Carter in 1977. The 1977 amendments created a greater
structure for regulating pollutants contaminating U.S. waters and gave the EPA authority to
implement pollution control programs.
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (signed into law under Bill Clinton), which allows
employees who have worked for an employer for at least 1 year to take up to 12 weeks of
leave for a family illness, birth or adoption within each 12 month period. Employers must apply
accrued sick or vacation time to the worker’s family/medical leave and compensate workers
for that time.
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (FDR),
Student Loan Reform and Pell Grant Award Increases
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
The Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009,
Health Care Reform (aka ObamaCare, aka Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010),
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,
Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”
The Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010,
Reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2009, which expanded
health coverage to 4 million more low-income American children and preserved coverage for 7
million children already enrolled.
The end of the Stem Cell Research Ban,
|
Logged
