liberal reminders #2

Another excerpt from Alan Colmes latest book, "Thank the Liberals (for Saving America, and why you Should)"

A Little Help To Fight The Right

Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, vacations, weekends, a minimum wage, and protected bank deposits barely scratch the surface of reasons to thank a liberal today,

The Affordable Care Act will get rid of coverage denial due to preexisting conditions and lifetime limits on how much coverage you'll have.

Obamacare does not include "death panels," health-care rationing, or coverage for illegal immigrants and abortions, contrary to what you may have heard.

Many of the ideas for health-care reform now opposed by the Right, such as expanded government coverage and mandates, were originally proposed by Republicans.

Raising Americans out of poverty has been a calling card of the Left.

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration put Americans back to work after the Great Depression.  Almost every community in the United States has structures built because of these programs.

Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty cut the poverty rate in half.  His Jobs Corp provided education and vocational training; Head Start provided medical, dental, mental health, and nutrition services to school children; food stamps have fed tens of millions of hungry Americans.

The Environmental Protection Agency was started by Richard Nixon, whose domestic policies were often liberal.  They make sure the air we breathe and the water we drink are healthy.  They clean up national disasters such as the BP oil spoil and address national tragedies such as 9/11.

Equal pay for women, civil rights for African Americans, and marital rights for gays are hallmarks of the Left.  The Lilly Ledbetter Act, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts, and the growing number of states permitting marriage equality are thanks to progressives.

Virtually every advancement has occurred because of liberal initiatives and in spite of conservative opposition.

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