Almost all of these large or innovative government programs were strenuously resisted by conservatives.

1. Panama Canal
2. Interstate Highway System
   It wasn't Ike's idea. It was a liberal initiative begun in the '30s. Ike was a liberal.
3. Almost all of our Labor Laws (and All Child Labor laws)
4. The Marshall Plan
5. Environmental Laws
6. Freedom of Information Act
7. Workplace safety laws
8. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" (a.k.a. "The GI Bill")
9. Social Security
10. The Space Program
11. Securities Act of 1933 & Most banking Regulations
12. The Peace Corps
13. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
14. The Civil rights movement
15. Fight against Nazis, Fascism and Totalitarianism
    (Wilson, FDR ,Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy were all liberals)
16. The Development and Deployment for the Internet (DARPA/HPCA)
17. The Tennessee Valley project
18. Women's right to vote
19. Universal Public Education
20. National Weather Service
21. National Science Foundation/Basic Scientific Research
22. Product Labeling/Truth in Advertising Laws
23. Public Health Service and CDC
24. Morrill Land Grant Act (land for State public Universities)
25. Rural Electrification
26. Public Universities
27. Bank Deposit Insurance
28. Earned Income Tax Credit
29. Family and Medical Leave Act
30. Consumer Product Safety Commission
31. Public Broadcasting
32. Hoover Dam Project
33. Pell Grants
34. Americans With Disabilities Act
35. State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
36. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 
37. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
38. Ended Sexual Discrimination in the U.S. Military
39. Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry.

So before you knock liberalism, remember it's given you MOST of what Americans take for granted–and so many have died for.

Please take a moment to Retweet this list below. It's far past time that America once again learned to respect, admire, and celebrate it's liberal nature, traditions and achievements.