The Economic Bill of Rights

[Toucano]

I wasn't taught about this in school. Were you?

Thanks to Cass Sunstein for dusting it off and bringing it back into focus.


Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The Economic Bill of Rights”
Excerpt from 11 January 1944 message to Congress on the State of the Union

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.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/econrights/fdr-econbill.html

[quinnox]

1. Too bad these aren't actual rights written into

the Constitution. That's probably why they aren't taught in schools, this sounds like it came from a political speech, not legislative.

[Union Thug]

2. ah, the old America...

before it became a swarming nest of corporate whores... Bring back FDR!!!