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In reply to the discussion: It's time to examine where my loyalties lie, you judge, I'll just explain my position. [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)22. Proud to STAND with YOU and the Class that birthed me too.
That is WHY I chose the Party of FDR so many years ago.
"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 [font size=3]a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for allregardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]
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.
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."---FDR, Economic 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.
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."---FDR, Economic Bill of Rights
There was a time, in MY living memory, when voting FOR The Democrat was voting FOR the above values.
Sadly, that is no longer true.
The New Democrat Centrist Party had drifted FAR away from those values,
and has taken an active role in dismantling the traditional Democratic Party Cornerstones of The New Deal and The Great Society.
THOSE ideals built the largest, wealthiest, and Most Upwardly Mobil Working Class the World has ever seen.
Abandoning those values is the cause of the 30 year decline.
Thank You for your excellent essay.
It is obviously heartfelt and sincere.
I STAND with you.
Proud DURec.
---bvar22
[font color=firebrick size=3][center]The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH & Powerful
at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR. [/font][/center]
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It's time to examine where my loyalties lie, you judge, I'll just explain my position. [View all]
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
OP
The 99% are stirring, we may overwhelm the bastards with numbers and take back our party
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#12
I completely agree with where our loyalties should be. And that the party we joined was the most
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#5
I can see that people are waking up (except for in the bubblesphere of TV and DC)
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#10
That's true. It definitely did begin then. But we didn't have the internet then so it was less
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#93
The way they use the term shared sacrifice is an insult to our intelligence and innate morality
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#15
This concept of voting on issues, not canditates, is brilliant. Seriously. Wish I
Stardust
Apr 2013
#109
We need to take this party over. They keep shoving us socialist progressive types
Cleita
Apr 2013
#38
Very interesting, there's a lot I didn't know about our history either and in many ways I have Bush
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#42
TWO commies... Someone will be here shortly to accuse us of planning to take over DU!
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#31
I consider you reds allies, were it not for Communists the "New Deal compromise"
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#52
There are no differences between us really. Socialism and Communism is not something that can be
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#75
Personally, I love history but I've become skeptical about who to trust anymore. nt
Stardust
Apr 2013
#108
I don't know, but I hope it is not 'even more extreme poverty', that spark may involve
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#58
We could move a whole lot more of it if so-called Democrats weren't making Republican proposals
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#45
'Con los pobres de la tierra'. With the poor people of this earth I want to share my fate.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2013
#29
I am WITH you, Dragonfli! New Dealer-bred, born in '49; it defines me and my politics.
WinkyDink
Apr 2013
#33
Think back to Obama's reaction during the State of the Union to Citizens United . . .
SleeplessinSoCal
Apr 2013
#40
I did. And he's blaming this President for things FAR milder than Clinton did...
Cooley Hurd
Apr 2013
#51
I didn't use his name, but who else "felt my pain" while exporting our jobs via NAFTA?
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#65
I read that you meant Clinton. Yes, yes he did begin the rightward slide of this party.
ancianita
Apr 2013
#70
He spoke about the downward slide of the Democratic Party over the past twenty years. I think that
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#78
No, I was working while volunteering to help real poor people on the lower west
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#61
I'm sorry, I misinterpreted your post to mean I was wrong to criticise him and so
Dragonfli
Apr 2013
#71
Excellent heartfelt post, thank you for speaking up for the poor. So few do it any more.
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#82
You're fine. I'm with you as a progressive social Democrat. I'm for constantly confronting the DLC-
ancianita
Apr 2013
#69
Maybe all of us should thank (or blame) our teachers who taught us to value principles.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#80
Our plight today is the far end of an unbroken chain of actors and events going
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#116
Those w/ the luxuries of job, home, health care, vs those who don't reveals how being comfortable
midnight
Apr 2013
#102
K&R for the weekend. More and more of us are coming to this understanding every day. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#111