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wildbilln864

(13,382 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:17 PM Mar 2015

second bill of rights:

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
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;
The right of every family to a decent home;
The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
The right to a good education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

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second bill of rights: (Original Post) wildbilln864 Mar 2015 OP
Proud to be your first rec. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #1
thank you! n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2015 #2
How about the right to kittens? shenmue Mar 2015 #3
I'm for the right to look at kittens. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #5
Sounds like it borrows from FDR... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #4
sounds like you didn't visit the link. n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2015 #6
Or it seems like I didn't have to...LOL HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #7
true that. n/t wildbilln864 Mar 2015 #8

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
5. I'm for the right to look at kittens.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:26 PM
Mar 2015

Owning them, though - frankly not everyone is worthy.

We have a ten-month-old cat at the house. It's like having a hyper, mobile, agile toddler around.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
4. Sounds like it borrows from FDR...
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 10:25 PM
Mar 2015

a mix of rights FDR forwarded as well as his four freedoms

I think it would be an easier sell to speak of healthful restorative rest than recreation.

Good is not particularly descriptive with regard to content or level of education. Right to fulfill personal education potential might protect right to higher and professional education in addition to elementary/secondary ed./vocational education

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