FDR:THE SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS

[BayCityProgressive]

We need to get back to FDR's second bill of rights..gauranteed jobs, education, healthcare, and housing. I think the Democrats should really push this. WHy does the GOP get to try and change the constitution to ban gay marriage and flag burning...yet we can't push these ideals? Healthcare, education, housing, and jobs should all be rights. period.

[Nederland]

1. How about a Bill of Responsibilities too?

If we plan to guaranteer a large number of expensive new rights, we need to outline what is expected of every citizen so that those rights can be financed...

[BayCityProgressive]

2. I agree with that as well

[IndyOp]

3. Link to book:

I've only gotten a few chapters in, but so far it is good! :D

Second Bill of Rights:
FDR's Unfinished Revolution - and why We Need It More than Ever>
by Cass R. Sunstein

In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a State of the Union Address that was arguably the greatest political speech of the twentieth century. In it, Roosevelt grappled with the definition of security in a democracy, concluding that "unless there is security here at home, there cannot be lasting peace in the world." To help ensure that security, he proposed a "Second Bill of Rights"—economic rights that he saw as necessary to political freedom. Many of the great legislative achievements of the past sixty years stem from Roosevelt's vision. Using this speech as a launching point, Cass R. Sunstein shows how these rights are vital to the continuing security of our nation. This is an ambitious, sweeping book that argues for a new vision of FDR, of constitutional history, and our current political scene.