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The Way Forward

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justaprogressive

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Tue Jan 21, 2025, 05:45 PM Jan 21

From FDR's speech Jan 11th 1944 [View all]

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the Nation;63

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;64

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;65

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;66

The right of every family to a decent home;67

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;68

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;69

The right to a good education.70

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.71

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. For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.


https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/second-bill-of-rights-annotated

...and what's wrong with that? Or its source?
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