Okay, we already know the GOP doesn’t care about women, the young, minorities, or LGBT people. Now they’re telling the elderly they’re acting ‘entitled?’
‘USA Today’ Writer Calls Greatest Generation ‘Coddled’ And ‘Entitled’
by Elisabeth Parker •
Tag Archive for FDR
Cantor, Ryan, Jindal Attempt To Rebrand Old GOP Ideas With New Words (VIDEO)
by Egberto Willies •
Explaining is not the answer. Moral middle class policies, the ones being attempted by the President with pressure from the grassroots, are.
A Progressive Gives Thanks – Op Ed
by Jack Watkins •
‘Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.’ – Winston Churchill
33 Quotes About Conservatives/Republicans That Liberals Should Know About
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
50 Liberal Quotes Which Americans Should Remember
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
Many Americans today tend to take the past for granted, and with that, we also tend to take the words of past leaders for granted. We forget what they told us, and as a result we lose our identity, we lose the values that make us who we are. Below is a list of quotes spoken by American leaders, heroes, journalists, and others.
Summoning The Spirit Of F.D.R. And Government ‘For The People’
by Jack Watkins •
What Past Presidents Thought About Big Banks
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
The Occupy Wall Street protesters have been standing against the big banks for a few months now. They are protesting the greed, irresponsibility, and fraud that banks like Bank of America, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase commit on a daily basis. The big banks of Wall Street caused an economic collapse.
18 Reasons to Thank a Liberal: A Partial List of Liberal Achievements; 1935-2010
by Liberal Lamp Post •
Liberals get a bad rap from conservatives for over-spending and from their own party for not achieving enough. Yet, where would we be without liberals? The answer is too dire to ponder. If you’re proud to be a liberal or Democrat, please pass on this ode of appreciation.
Reclaiming the 1950s: Rebranding The Occupy Movement
by Dave Poole •
Based on the limited conversations I have overheard in truckstop diners, auto service center waiting rooms, and gas station checkout lines, this is what Occupy’s message sounds like to my neighbors, ‘wealth is bad. As an aside, we are college graduates from relatively affluent backgrounds who feel entitled to well-paying white collar jobs.’
Job Growth Per Presidential Term (In Millions)
by Guest Writer •
So, W gets his Tax cuts and TWO WARS so he should have had gangbuster job growth right? After all Republicans tell us that FDR didn’t get us out of the Depression. It was WWII. Well hell, W had two wars with TRILLIONS being expended so it only follows that he would get that big war time economy boost like FDR.
Progressivism Is About Saving Capitalism From Itself
by Winning Progressive •
It has often been said that FDR saved capitalism from itself. What that means is that he took office at the lowest depths of the Great Depression, when it was clear that rampant uncontrolled capitalism had not only failed to benefit the more than one-third of Americans were ill-housed, ill-clothed, and ill-fed, but had also collapsed on itself due to the uncontrolled excesses that unregulated free markets had created.
Double Dip This!
by Peter Fegan •
Good news continues to mount on the economy. Third quarter profits were up 16% from last year’s third quarter numbers and the stock market is having its best run in God knows when. Yep, things are really looking bleak these days, for the doomsayers, that is.
Would ‘He’ Support the OWS Movement? Judge for Yourself
by Mitchell S. Gilbert •
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.
Treasonous Republican Sabotage ??
by Teeluck Sooknarine •
…It is well known that the Ryan Budget Proposal will have a real and negative affect in devastating the middle class, on whose backs the recovery is built and depends on. The hypocrisy…and no surprise… is that Paul Ryan is also a recipient of the same Social Security program he now wants to destroy…