*yawn*
Joe wishes that every other part of his life could be taken care of by Dems. There are only a few pieces of his day that haven't been padded, coddled and otherwise usurped from his control. Why don't you have a Dem choose the roads you take on your drive? Have them choose the channel for you when you watch TV. Have them pick the brand of coffee you drink, because you certainly can't take care of that yourself. We know all businesses are EEEeeeeevil, so Folgers just can't be trusted.
Joe doesn't seem to want to take control of any part of his life at all! Does Joe have "Tax all my money away. Just make sure you take care of everything and make my life nice. K?" tatooed on his forehead?
The most difficult part about arguing against the status-quo is that we'll never know what "might have been." It is a complete fallacy to presume that, because environmentalist wackos have managed to regulate water quality to the Nth degree, we would otherwise be drinking swamp water.
The fact is, many of these things Joe mentions would have happened, more or less, without Dem pressures. Many good things come to be because of natural market pressures.
Next, ask Joe how much the union member spent in dues during his career? Calculate how much that money would be worth today if it had been saved and invested instead of spent on the union. I'm sure he would be surprised to find out that his union dues were largely wasted.
In conclusion, to prove the arguments he makes, he would have to compare how things ARE to how the WOULD HAVE BEEN without Dems. Since this is impossible, each of his arguments is based on a false assumption: None of these things, or their benefits, would have occurred without Dems to do it. That's just plain false.