FDR: Warning about Today's Republicans
http://youtu.be/...
FDR: Grilled Millionaires Speech
http://youtu.be/...
FDR: I Welcome Their Hatred
http://youtu.be/...
FDR Second Bill of Rights Speech Footage
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Bear witness to the Economic Bill of Rights -- and that long march of History ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt's “The Economic Bill of Rights”
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.
Among these are:
The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
The right of every family to a decent home;
The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
America’s own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens.
Sadly most of FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights never got enacted into Law -- it got all caught up in Political gridlock, or something.
The People still deserve these things -- now more than ever.
And yes, there has been Class Warfare going on in America, and the Elite Class has been winning for far, far too long. Just ask Franklin Delano.
Someday though, the People shall overcome. Our Voices shall be heard.
(even if it is only on blogs, and through youtube statements of that long march ...)
Peace and Prosperity to us all -- all us working stiffs and non-working warm bodies -- not having the good fortune, of being born into -- one of them Elite gigs.