{"id":1347,"date":"2009-03-31T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T22:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/31\/fdrs-blueprint-for-obama\/"},"modified":"2009-04-03T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T17:24:04","slug":"fdrs-blueprint-for-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/fdrs-blueprint-for-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"FDR&#8217;s blueprint for Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">&#8220;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 &#8212; regardless of station, or race or creed.  <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">Among these are:<\/font><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries, or shops or farms or mines of the nation;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right of (every) farmers to raise and sell their (his) products at a return which will give them (him) and their (his) families (family) a decent living;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right of every business man, large and small , to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right of every family to a decent home;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, and sickness, and accident and unemployment;  <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"> <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">And finally, the right to a good education.  <\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">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.&#8221;  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu\/011144.html\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">  <strong>FDR&#8217;s State of the Union Message to Congress, <\/strong><\/font>January 11, 1944 <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>&#8220;<strong>They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em>Ben Franklin<em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;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 &#8212; regardless of station, or race or creed. 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