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Finish the dream laid out by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Created by J.P. on November 05, 2011

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his 1944 State of the Union address laid out the foundation for economic security. FDR called it "a second Bill of Rights."
The rights Roosevelt wanted to see were:
-The Right to a Living Wage
-The Right to a remunerative job
-The Right to a Home
-The Right to Medical Care
-The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment
-The Right to a good education
-Freedom from Monopolies
Progress has been made since FDR, particularly with Medicare and Health Care reform, but as the gap between the rich and the poor has grown and continues to grow, the need to revisit the goals is greater than ever.
We ask the President to promote and finish the Second Bill of Rights to ensure economic security for all Americans.

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