Difference between revisions of "Republicans Suck/policies"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{fmt/title|Republican Policy Hall of Shame}} |
| − | + | * [[Toilets of Terror]] | |
| − | * [[ | ||
* [[/anti-feminism]], aka the War on Women | * [[/anti-feminism]], aka the War on Women | ||
* [[/anti-voting]]: voter ID laws etc. | * [[/anti-voting]]: voter ID laws etc. | ||
* [[/theocracy]] aka "religious freedom" | * [[/theocracy]] aka "religious freedom" | ||
* working to weaken labor, strengthen owners, when the opposite is needed: | * working to weaken labor, strengthen owners, when the opposite is needed: | ||
| − | ** "right to work" laws (dishonest) | + | ** "[[right to work]]" laws (dishonest) |
** opposition to minimum wage raises | ** opposition to minimum wage raises | ||
** opposition to workplace safety regulation | ** opposition to workplace safety regulation | ||
Latest revision as of 01:45, 7 February 2025
|
Republican Policy Hall of Shame
|
- Toilets of Terror
- /anti-feminism, aka the War on Women
- /anti-voting: voter ID laws etc.
- /theocracy aka "religious freedom"
- working to weaken labor, strengthen owners, when the opposite is needed:
- "right to work" laws (dishonest)
- opposition to minimum wage raises
- opposition to workplace safety regulation
- anti-gay laws
- anti-abortion laws
- "aid creates dependency"
- tax cuts for the rich
- anti-contraception
- "abstinence-based education"
- creationism
- opposition to Obamacare
- voted 50 times to repeal it
- repeatedly investigated Benghazi, even after their own committee found no wrongdoing
- wrote a letter to our enemies weakening our hand in negotiations
- the whole "birth certificate" nonsense
- deliberate obstructionism
- holding the government hostage (fiscal cliff)
- states' refusal to expand Medicaid under Obamacare
- requiring welfare recipients to be drug-free
- obsession with profit and "free" markets, by which they mean more power for the powerful
- state laws restraining local government:
- from protecting the rights of gays, trans people, etc.
- from creating municipal internet
- from making laws (e.g. zoning) that take accelerated sea-level rise into account
- from having any autonomy at all (see Michigan, Wisconsin)
- anti-ecology laws
- gun control prevention
- hypocrisy: using "the sanctity of marriage" as an anti-gay argument, while themselves being philanderers