Another political post

Here is another political rant I posted on FaceBook today-

Liberal concepts-

40 hour work week

5 day work week

OT pay

Social Security

Pension plans

Medicare/Medicaid

OSHA

FDA

EPA

Food stamps

Welfare

Public infrastructure

Public transportation

Public police

Miranda Rights

Right to trial by jury

Child work laws

Freedom of speech

Freedom of the press

Minimum Wage laws

Consumer protection laws

Farmer subsidies

Health departments

Federal retirement age

Traffic safety laws

Taxation according to income level

Federal Trade Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Separation of church and state

Equal rights (EEOC)

Student loans and grants

Public schools

Public utilities

Public libraries

Public Democratic elections (A government of the people, by the people, for the people)

Freedom of Information Act

The ACA (Obamacare)

Access to Emergency Medical Care (EMTALA)

Immigration laws/reform

Patients Rights laws

HIPAA

Public privacy laws

Conservative concepts-

Increased taxes for the poor

Decreased taxes for the rich

The “trickle down theory” (disproven over millenia, at least as far back as the Middle ages)

Building a $20 Billion wall

Deporting 11 million people (consider lowball estimated cost at $400 per person)

The above does NOT include cost of increased police

Racial profiling as a result of above

Tariffs to pay for the Wall (you will pay the tariffs through increased prices)

Elimination of the ACA

Reduction or elimination of public assistance

Privatization of Social Security to for-profit entities

Reduction and privatization of Medicare/Medicaid to for-profit entities

Elimination of consumer protection laws

Decreased spending on infrastructure

War before and instead of diplomacy

Decreased or privatized veterans benefits

Elimination of patient protection laws

Selling of public data

Elimination of public privacy laws

Integration of church and state

Censorship of speech and press

Black ops

Torture

Retention without charge

Note that this is a very short list for comparison. I will give the reader credit to figure out more.

In each and every case, these ideas were fought against by the Conservatives of their time (no exceptions). The repeated claim was that they would destroy our society and our economy, often claiming they would eliminate jobs. In each and every case, they improved the economy, created new jobs and/or improved individual rights. No exceptions.