Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

78 Great Creations by Democrats

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Editorials & Other Articles Donate to DU
 
swinney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 12:42 PM
Original message
78 Great Creations by Democrats
-----------78 good things done by Democrats-----------------

Can anyone name ten for Republicans

Credit for this information goes my friend, a great mind, and his terrific site

Ray Dubuque—www.liberalslike Christ.org-----------------

1.civilian conservation corps
2.public works adm.--works progress adm
3.unemployment relief act
4.national industrial recovery act
5.national housing act
6.federal communications act
7.national labor relations act
8.fair labor standards act (min wage & max hours laws)
9.GI bill of rights
10.social security act
11.Tennessee valley (power) authority
12.rural electrification act
13.full employment act
14.permanent school lunch program
15.integration of armed forces
16.veterans emergency housing act
17.public health service act
18.national housing act
19.marshall plan
20.peace corps
21.aid to dependent children program
22.small business investment act
23.establishment of arms control and disarmament agency
24.consumer drug protection laws
25.equal pay act
26.manpower development and retraining act
27.clean air act
28.mental health and mental retardation act
29.college and vocational education act
30.civil rights act
31.voting rights act
32.mass transportation act
33.omnibus poverty act (office of economic opportunity, vista, job corps and public assistance programs)
34.war on poverty
35.head start (for pre-school children)
36.land conservation fund
37.permanent food stamp program
38.appalachia regional development act
39.elementary and secondary education act
40.higher education act
41.older Americans act (medicare and medicaid)
42.law enforcement assistance act
43.immigration reform act
44.freedom of information act
45.fair housing act
46.housing and urban development (low income housing )
47.clean water restoration act
48.coal mine health and safety act
49.child protection
50.federal ethics code
51.civil service reform
52.creation of superfund (cleanup of toxic waste)
53.secretary of health joseph califano(fight tobacco health threat)
54.votings rights act extension
55.highway and mass transit funding bill
56.civil rights restoration act
57.head start expansion
58.Americans with disabilities act
59.major tax increase on the wealthy to fight deficits created by Reagan and Bush
60.family medical leave act
61.attempted to extend/or improve health insurance coverage for millions of Americans
62.restoration of democracy to haiti
63.restoration of peace to bosnia
64.promotion of peace in south Africa
65.promotion of peace in northern Ireland
66.promotion of peace in Israel and Palestine
67.increases in minimum wage
68.promotion of spending on inner-city schools
69.opposition to abolition of safety net for the poor
70.protection of social security and medicare
71.promotion of justice for victims of racism
72.protection of children from cancer inducing tobacco industry
73.constantly frustrated efforts to enact thorough campaign finance
74.appointment of many minorities and women to cabinet positions
75.resolution of long-standing black farmers discrimination issues
76.leadership role in nato’s campaign to stop ethnic cleansing in kosovo.
77.major efforts to challenge the dangerous proliferation of guns in America
78.ameri-corps
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
mikey_1962 Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 12:48 PM
Response to Original message
1. The twist-off beer cap?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 12:57 PM
Response to Original message
2. Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation

As for Republican achievements, there's McCarthyism, the Great Depression, Isolationism, and the reclassification of catsup as a vegetable.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 01:22 PM
Response to Original message
3. I can hear repugs scream "BUT THOSE INCLUDE GHASTLY ENTITLEMENTS!!"
And heaven forbid the government actually HELP someone.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Thu May 02nd 2024, 08:09 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Editorials & Other Articles Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC