what does a democrat do for our government?

Question

i don't want any of this : they fight for the people crap excuse, i want an actual thought about definition.

Answer 1

Believe it or not, they provide balance. A one party system would not be in the best interest of any "democracy," to say the least.
And the simple fact is, most of the best solutions for the concerns facing our nation do not come from the extremes of either the right or the left, but are a negotiated solution that is usually somewhere in the middle.
Do not - please - paint all democrats with the same brush used by Michael Moore of Moveon.org.

Answer 2

If you want to know what a Democrat does for the government, go to D.C. and watch them in action. Go to the local courthouse and see what they do there. Social Workers and Services are a part of the government - what do you think the Democrats who work there do? In the time of the Kennedy's, and still today they didn't just talk about helping the poor in this country - they got up to their elbows along side them and lent them a helping hand up, not pushed them down further. Republicans are over-rated as your
do-gooders in this country as well as in the government. The only things I see that Republicans do in government for this country is to keep everyone else as unequal to them with all their personal religious beliefs, agendas and propaganda.

Here's a question for you -

Why was it okay for the Republicans to have a convention where they invited major porn stars to party with? Yet they (Republicans) pointed out to the media that Democrats accepted donations from the porn industry. The kick here was that the Republicans accepted millions of dollars more then the Democrats did from the same porn industries to keep those industries up and running.

Answer 3

Traditionally, democrats spend more on social programs and tend to favor higher income taxes than republicans to pay for those programs. (of course this is a huge generalization). They favor a balanced budget and pay as you go spending. Democrats favor a multi-lateral foreign policy and prefer to work within the framework of the Constitution of the United States and within International Law as defined by the UN Charter, Nuremberg Code, and Geneva Conventions.

Answer 4

Well, the Democrats of today are nothing like their predecessors, Bill Clinton screwed up by doing nothing during terrorist attacks, FDR helped spur patriotism during WWII after we got into it. So you have to specify, but I assume you mean todays Dems. They pretty much screw the president over simply because he is Republican, not for anything reasonable.

Answer 5

Spend taxpayers dollars and lie to the voters. It seems that is the job of the politicians.

Answer 6

the represent those they are elected to represent? (at least many of them do, probably not all)

I'm a little lost about what you're asking about here... do for our government? I'm only worried what they do for the people they represent...

you seem like you may want a cliche list of "bashing" ideas against democrats

but, to answer your question... I guess you could say they are pro-education, pro-union, anti-poverty...

Answer 7

Democrats focus on

* rights for individuals as opposed to big business.
* freedoms for the downtrodden
* equal opportunities for as many people as possible.

off the top of my head.

Romare, I love it!!

Answer 8

A Day in the Life of Joe Republican

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer’s medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.

He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some liberal environmentalist fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air.
He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some liberal didn’t think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university.

Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads.

He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers’ Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electricity until some liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn’t mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: “We don’t need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I’m a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have.”

Answer 9

For right now they want to change the course of the war started by bush's LIE and rescue our valued Soldiers from an unwinnable Iraqi Civil War...

Answer 10

Absolutely nothing but live off it