Why We Fight

Sometimes, when you read things like this you wonder if the Democratic Party even remembers what it is we fight for. Well, I thought I'd put together my personal list of what I think liberals, specifically, Progressive Liberals, fight for just to remind Senator Obama that there is no "center". You either are fighting for these same things, or you're fighting against them. There can be no middle ground.

We fight for Equality. That means programs that help give those less fortunate an equal opportunity to succeed as those born with silver spoons in their mouths. That means a rejection of the social darwinism espoused by the Cheap Labor Conservatives.

We fight for Social Justice. Because a nation that doesn't protect ALL it's citizens is not a free nation.

We fight for Democracy. That means making sure every vote gets counted, unlike the Cheap Labor Conservatives who hold up voting lines in Democratic districts and employ dubious e-voting methods like Diebold machines.

We fight to improve wages and working conditions. Something Cheap Labor Conservatives don't just oppose, it's the entire basis for their platform.

We fight for public education because an education should benefit all our citizens, not just the rich.

We fight for a progressive income tax because we believe that if the government assists businesses to thrive, those that benefit from that assistance should pay their fair share for the riches our system has given them.

We fight for balanced budgets and the elimination of the national deficit. Something the Cheap Labor Conservatives caused in order to bankrupt social programs while allowing them to get rich off the tax free interest bonds created by the deficit.

We fight for trade agreements that are intended to benefit the working class, not intended to create a culture of corporate corruption where national governments serve the interests of corporations by providing cheap labor.

We fight for Freedom of Speech. Something the Cheap Labor Conservatives have fought against tooth and nail since southern planters made it a crime to speak out against slavery.

We fight for civil rights because we believe as Thomas Jefferson, that we are all created equally.

We fight for the working class and their right to unionize in order to gain fair bargaining power with their employers. Something the Cheap Labor Conservatives are dead set against.

We fight for child labor laws, minimum wage and restricted working hours for industrial workers and everything that came into law as a result of the Fair Labor Standards Act, from the 8 hour workday to overtime pay, all of which the Cheap Labor Conservatives opposed and continue to oppose.

We fight fascism, whether it appears overseas or in our own nation.

We fight to keep our country safe not just through military means but through diplomacy and law enforcement means as well. However, we do not and will not trade our liberty for security.

We fight for affordable healthcare for all our citizens because even though Cheap Labor Conservatives would rather see us broke and begging for work, any work, cheap, we'd rather see Americans healthy and financially secure. A healthy, financially secure America is a strong America.

We fight for a clean environment, not just in America but in the world. One that can sustain the human race indefinately. While Cheap Labor Conservatives oppose any legislation that doesn't make them a buck at the expense of our environment, the quality of our water and the air we breathe, we believe that a sustainable ecosystem is critical to the survival of the human race.

We fight for the development of sustainable energy sources and breaking America's dependence upon foreign oil.

We fight against Cheap Labor Conservatives and their Social Darwinistic philosophy of economic enslavement.