Sunday, October 2, 2011

Fascinating: FDR's proposed "Second Bill of Rights"

The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the then President of the United States, during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second "bill of rights". Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." Roosevelt's remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:

Employment, with a living wage,

Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies,

Housing,

Medical care,

Education, and,

Social security

Full text: en.wikipedia.org

9 comments:

  1. Needless to point out, I trust, his "economic bill of rights" didn't recognize the right to keep (and dispose of as you saw fit, including the charities of YOUR choice) the fruits of your own hard labor, since if I have a "right" to, say, housing (a "positive right," also available at wikipedia), then you must have a legal "obligation" to pay for it. Would he have included wi-fi...?

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  2. Surely he must have know this had already been tried on this continent.

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  3. Sigh . . . wish FDR had gotten that concept pushed through.

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  4. Someone on vacation?? Last posting Oct 2nd!!

    Hope you're having fun Fred.

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  5. Fred's at the OWS rally in NYC.

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  6. OWS, Operational Weather Squadron. OWS, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OWS, Office of Workforce Security. OWS, Outdoor Wireless ...
    One World Socialism
    OGC Web Services
    Outta Work Slobs
    and so many more!

    What's he really doing?

    -rocketmouse

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  7. Hope you are OK Fred?

    gggrumpy

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  8. If Fred no longer posts at his site then he should clean this crap off the internet!

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  9. He's ba-ack!
    See http://fredlanga.blogspot.com/2011/11/hey-is-this-thing-still-on.html
    -rocketmouse

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