Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights, the Super New Deal

 Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights, the Super New Deal, must be the Purpose and Mission of the Democratic Party , still, in 2014 and Beyond


 

FDR did get to this, which is still my program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944.^[1] In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second "bill of rights". Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." Roosevelt's remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee eight specific rights:

• Employment, with a living wage
• Food, clothing and leisure
• Farmers' rights to a fair income
• Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
• Housing
• Medical care
• Social security
• Education

Roosevelt stated that having these rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far these and similar rights had been carried into practice.