Progressivism

You may have heard some talking heads on TV telling you how bad Social Progressives are.  Here are some facts and you can make up your own mind.

The second Progressive movement was started by a Republican named Robert LaFollette.  He was trying to seek social and economic justice for all people.

Here are some of the reforms they championed:
1.  Civil Liberties
2.  Direct elections
3.  Fair taxes
4.  Conservation of resources
5.  Banking Reform
6.  Control of lobbyists
7.  The 17th ammendment (direct election of Senators)
8.  8 hr. workday with overtime.
9.  Child Labor Laws
10 Public Education
11  19th. ammendment ( womens right to vote)
12.  Trust Busting
Here a a partial list of some famous Progressivs in the United States

Ben Franklin,Thomas Paine,Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Ralph Nader, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt,  Martin Luther King and finally Barack Obama.

As you can see these people were not against America or dangerous. They were trying to protect Americans against Corporations.