First off the title needs changing.
“justifying Progressive achievements”
No, those were NOT “progressive” achievements.
“Progressive (liberal) achievements:
Companies declaring bankruptcy or moving overseas
Millions of US jobs shipped overseas
Cities like NYC going bankrupt
Whole industries once thriving in the US now defunct such as the US Steel Industry, the US textile industry etc.
States facing financial and economic ruin
Massive federal bureaucracies
Increase of the sixe sxope and intrusion of the federal government in all of our lives
Increasing everybodys taxes.
Massive government regulations that choke industry and entrepreneurship.
Doing nothing about balancing the federal budget, government spending, the national debt and making the US dollar worthless.