The "L" Word

Many years ago I realized that I was (shall I say it out loud?) a Liberal. I sort of knew what that meant but I couldn’t articulate it well. So, I went looking for a book that might explain it. I soon found a book with the intriguing title; “The L Word”. ("The L Word: An Unapologetic, Thoroughly Biased, Long-Overdue Explication and Celebration of Liberalism" by David P. Barash).
I understood immediately that this was my book. The author devised the name in reaction to the rather successful campaign by Ronald Reagan and crew to make liberalism appear as a dirty word; that there was virtually no difference between liberals and Marxist-Communist, anarchist, perverted America-hating crazies.
The book explained, as I thought, that liberalism is a rather moderate concept that works for the betterment of the most people possible. Furthermore, the well being of the citizens of our nation is more important that the rights of non-living inventions like corporations. It’s pretty simple don’t you think: the most benefit for the most amount of people.
This doesn’t mean that our success is best served by the prosperity of our corporations and their stockholders, an idea known as the trickle-down theory. I’ve been on the bottom, folks, and it doesn’t trickle down. It stays with the mega-rich CEOs and the rest of the rich guys at the top. Now, I don’t for a moment have anything against healthy corporations. We all need to work. It’s just that these companies are not worth more than one human life.
So, here’s a challenge: Name the top ten best things that conservatives have given to America?

And while those answers come spilling out faster than you can write them down, consider the following:

These are just a few little programs passed by liberals over the years: Social Security, Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, women's suffrage, federal deposit insurance, unemployment compensation, rural electrification, child labor laws, minimum wages and the 40-hour work week?

How do your lists compare?