The other day in a discussion elsewhere on FB someone wrote:”Great job the progressives are doing.” and I gave my list of all the things Progressives have done but then realized I also needed a list for all the things Conservatives have achieved and here is the list I have developed so far. Suggestions for additions are welcome.

I thought I would put the two lists ide by side here from comparisons.

Progressives:

  • The end of acid rain in the northeast
  • The restoration of the ozone layer in the arctic
  • The GI Bill
  • The Clean Air Act
  • The Clean Water Act
  • Worker safety protections
  • Social security
  • Ended school segregation
  • Earned Income Tax Credit
  • Food and drug safety regulation
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act
  • The Meat Inspection Act
  • The space program
  • The Peace Corps
  • A women’s right to vote
  • Americans With Disabilities Act
  • The Voting Rights Act*
  • The Civil Rights Act
  • Medicare/Medicaid
  • Our leadership in the world of technology
  • Fair housing regulations
  • The employee healthcare benefits we have
  • Organized labor
  • The Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board
  • 40 hour work week
  • Child labor laws
  • Food Stamps SNAP
  • The Federal Trade Commission Act
  • The Clayton Antitrust Act
  • The United States Forest Service
  • The National Weather Service
  • The Interstate Highway System
  • National Air Traffic Control
  • The Child Tax Credit program (every single Republican voted against it)
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority Project
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission
  • The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • The Glass-Steagall Act (which was tragically and recently repealed by Republicans)
  • Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
  • The Federal Railroad Safety Program

Conservatives

  • Conservatism has succeeded in denying climate change stalling or killing off any legislative action on the issue.
  • Conservatism has propped up (provided corporate welfare to) the oil and coal industry instead of investing in new energy technologies.
  • Conservatism has prevented widespread access to sex education and birth control
  • Conservatism has severally restricted or eliminated a woman’s right to chose.
  • Conservatism has effectively killed progress towards making the minimum wage a real living wage.
  • Conservatism has taken us from a lender economy to a debtor economy by throwing ridiculous amounts of money at the military.
  • Conservatism has effectively built a fear of immigrants and immigration.
  • Conservatism has made us the nation with the highest incarceration rate.
  • Conservatism has given us white supremacy.
  • Conservatism has given us the right wing militias that are threatening us constantly.
  • Conservatism has given us an unusually high rate of gun violence for a developed and wealthy nation.
  • Conservatism has given us the 2021 US Capital Insurrection. It was 100% conservatives.
  • Conservatism have fought for a proportional tax (also referred to as a flat tax) or regressive tax system
  • Conservatism has heightened vaccine hesitancy and made it a political statement.
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