Forum Post: Remember FDR's Economic Bill of Rights
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 6:18 p.m. EST by chuxsta
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Occupy Wall St. started as a social action to explore wealth and power distribution this country.......FDR proposed a solution.
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.
Geez, stop trotting out the old socialist line. Come up with a better model, will you? It's not that I disagree with your ideals, BUT a far-away, centralized government in Washington DC is NOT capable of providing us with any of these things, nor will they ever be motivated to do it.
We are going into a global depression. Wake up!! What are you going to do next year when bread is literally $75 a loaf? Have you read about the economic crisis in Argentina? How about Greece? What about these ideals on a much smaller scale. Would you move to New Hampshire if they adopted these policies? Now, we're getting somewhere.