Why blame president Obama at the end? When his administration was new the repugs stopped everything pelosi put forth in the house by killing it in the senate, the senate then was known as the place where legislation went to die. Then the repugs and tea baggers gained the house of reps, where their stated mission was to see that he failed. Well, they have done that and we have failed, in a sense. downgraded by the very crooks who got us here, the s@p, and obstructionism in the house.
My dad was in the Air Force. He was very upset as they already knew that Russia was gonna come and fight us for our land. Apparently they ain't the only ones.
Are you kidding me? I admire the compassion and the greatness of their hearts. But it often leads to their head. Economic bill of rights? The only economic amendment that should be placed in the constitution is the separation of wealth and state. You can't just say everyone deserves a good pay, job, house, car, and vacation. At whose expense do these things come from? Doesnt make any sense. Why not just raise the minimum wage to $50 per hour, we can all be rich!
@AroundSun How about lowering hedge fund managers' average hourly pay from $900,000, yes, you read that correctly, to a more reasonable number. I agree that not everyone should earn $50 per hour, but no one should earn $900,000 per hour; which translates to $1.8 billion per year, if the manager worked 40 hours per week for 52 weeks. If I made $900 K per hour, I'd work for eight hours and could retire with about $4 million after taxes. You are underestimating the greed and power of the rich.
"If the American people ever allow the banks to control the issuance of their currency, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property, until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." ~ Thomas Jefferson
FDR was our greatest president. He wanted to bring about a humane and just society. "What's the hold up?" The hold up is that both Bush & Obama have allowed our economic policy to be run by and for Goldman Sachs.
This is soo true. We need a Second Bill Of Rights again.
Did any of you ever see the gigantic cargo ships that arrive from China here. Bigger than a aircraft carrier, full of thousands of containers, and always empty, returning back to China. Think of our jobs lost, becaused of these unloyal unpatriotic leaders we have. Who rather profit from our missery.
This is soo true. We need a Second Bill Of Rights again.
Did any of you ever see the gigantic cargo ships that arrive from China here. Bigger than a aircraft carrier, full of thousands of containers, and always empty, returning back to China. Think of our jobs lost, becaused of these unloyal unpatriotic leaders we have. Who rather profit from our missery.
I dunno - probably because they've don e a better job than the states that you've chosen to support, which were great at trampling on expropriated african slaves and enacting Jim Crow laws on them, the bullying and intimidation of women, and paying less in federal taxes than they take in from the government.
I do believe in what FDR's vision, but its not Obama's fault as you allure to at the end. He might be the president, but that doesn't give him the right to do whatever he wants. Look at the current reform... the public option as if now is for the most part gone and done. But you cannot blame him for that. He tried, but he alone isn't going to convince the Republications to think other wise. If anything, blame the people of Massachusetts for their crappy votes, haha
@kobedoe1 Keep believing that, you will ensure the progressive agenda fails every single time it is attempted. Obama is no FDR, he's a pompous incompetent fool. FDR had the foresight to explain his proposals in clear detail to the people, he did not attempt to impose upon them any plan he did not clearly articulate, that is why many of his proposals past, and why Obama's are not.
If you want to know why Scott Brown won in my state, its purely a function of the hubris of modern democrats.
A job is not an inalienable right. Healthcare is not an inalienable right. A house is not an inalienable right. An education is not an inalienable right. The government has no right to fix pay and prices. The very tampering in any of these fields is a slap in the face to Liberty, The constitution, and founding fathers.
If Capitalism is praised for all it has given us SEPARATE FROM DEMOCRACY then what has it to say in defense of all the damage & misery it has caused humanity in its wake? A job as a privilege in this economy shows that less people have privileges now. Healthcare at a price-point in this country will help us share in sickness. A house as an investment assures that only banks own them. An education for only those regarded as deserving will lead our nation back into slavery.
A job as a guarantee with guaranteed overly high wages is guaranteed to go overseas. Government healthcare will only go bankrupt like social security, medicare, medicade, welfare, Amtrack, Detroit,... hey wait .. thoes are all SOCIAL programs huh? Socialized housing and loans to people who cant afford them will only end up like freddie and fannie. Wait! FDR created Fannie! Looks like the only thing thats failed us is the New Deal, Great Society, and the Community Reinvestment Act. Social Pgrms!
EVERYTHING ends up being a 'Social Program' when Corporate Nazis control the economic and banking institutions. Because who cares about people.. they only get in the way by trying to earn a living.
No corperation is preventing anyone from trying to earn a living. No corperation benefits from citizens that cant afford their goods and services. Remember that thoes jobs dont belong to the workers. They belong to the men and women who struggled all of their lives to take a risk on an investment. Remember that most fortune 500 CEO's came from NOTHING to billionairs. No liberty is lost in a businesses persuit of profit.
At the expense of any person, business or other entity that would perpetrate economic calamity upon any individual human being(s).
Aside from salaries and pensions for Presidents, Senators and Congressmen & women, ..which we do anyway - it's about safeguarding our rights, as we deserve them after all that has happened to date!
What do you mean by "perpetrate economic calamity"? Do you realize that one man's success does not have to entail another man's failure?
You say "it's about safeguarding our rights", but have you thought about what a "right" actually is? How can one man have a "right" to the product of another's effort without enslaving him and therefore destroying the very concept of rights?
There are more than two sides. I agree that corporations should not have the powers of government (that is, a monopoly on the use of force), and I am not naive enough to believe that all corporations are above abusing the law to siphon wealth from their competitors rather than creating it themselves. But so-called "economic rights" are also incompatible with freedom. Rights are freedoms to action, not entitlements to certain products, which are necessarily produced by someone else's effort.
And the people have a right not to shop at thoes venues dont they? Hence the democratic cycle works its magic. Community organizations and unions have been thugging business this way for years. And now the business gets to fight back. If anything its not only fair but an expansion of LIBERTY. And you cant stand it!
Unfortunately Unions have become just as greedy and managed as corporations .. and some might even be on the payroll of banks and insurance companies.
So HOW do we have the entire system checked and balanced so that EVERY group plays by the rules and wins only by FAIR RULES???
Liberty is the truist form of fairness. As long as you have the right to life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness you have fairness. (Note that FDR's economic bill of rights is a government attempt at the GUARENTEE of happyness, at the expence of others, not the PERSUIT of).
ok fair enough happyness is certainly no yardstick to measure by .. subjective, objective and irregardless of actual details. Granted in the face of a depression why wouldn't you not want your citizenry to be hopeful and happy.
If this recession was a depression might not your attitude change if you needed a handout and were at the end of your rope?
@1walicki Thats what family and friends are for. Thats what church is for. Thats what your local community is for. Thats not why the states created the federal government. It is wrong for goverment to force money out of one mans hand and give it to someone who doesent even live in that mans state. Theft is still theft even if its done through taxation.
Yes. Your rights. You have the right to life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness. Not the Guarentee of happyness. I refuse to believe that we need to take eccential, self evedent rights and libertys away from one group of citizens in order to give nonexistant, and non evedent, rights and libertys to another in the name of fairness. You have no right to another mans paycheck. You want a living wage? Get educated enough for someone to demand your services at a living wage.
If you dont line the corperation it is yor right not to buy their goods and services. Futhermore it is your right not to invest in them. What is a corperation but a bunch of shareholders? What is a campaign contribution by a corperation than a board of shareholders voting to donate money? And if you dont like it then your voice can be heard by a boycot of their stocks and goods. Its a full and fair democratic cycle!
@fullmetalchymist the founding fathers spelled out a Republic, not capialism, not corporations, as running our government.
What we have now is a form of slavery, debt and servitude.
Lincoln said we need a government by the people, for the people. Say what you want, but he wanted our USA to produce here everything it needs, not to rely on foreign interests. Like the foreign banks who make up the FED.
@1walicki Then dont buy their stocks, goods, or serevices. Convince others to do so as well. This is the way a democractic republic works. Why did Air America go bankrupt twice and get canned? Because no one was listining to the crap they were serving. There is nothing wrong with a corperation donating money. There is nothing wrong with you boycotting their goods and serviced. You act so helpless but if you can convince others to boycot with you then you would be fine.
The problem is that big money can squash Anything: people, ideas, products, elections, etc, .. most of all, smaller money.
That power is ruled over by lawless untouchables and as a result humanity and the world is held back in every way imaginable only to serve the power structure.
Money is not the problem .. it is the lack of money that is the problem ... now if we could end the 'Need for Money' ....
Today they allowed corporations to donate as much as they want for political offices. Corporations need to be broken up, all monopolies, reinstall the Glass-Stegal Act, create our own money supply.
Reinstall tarriffs,make it a crime to be unloyal and inhumane to steal American worker rights.
Just more evidence that the current president is trying ti top FDR as the worst presuident (from an economic standpoint) in history and that FDR would have made things even worse had he been given the chance.
Actually people were in bread lines because after the Fed manipulated the money supply (creating the bust) both Hoover and FDR tried to hold up wages (creating massive unemployment) and then FDR undertook several actions (such as plowing under crops and slaughtering pigs while people went hungry) that prolonged the Depression for years.
That you are uneducated as to actual history is not my fault.
Whether I can recount your 'accept' view is not the matter, history is written by the pen of those who have ruled and manipulated us.
The main concern is your apparent lack of apathy for your fellow men, women and children in failing to offer an meaningful solutions to our problems, caused by many of your fellow associates.
I hope you earn every dollar your deserve ..
Capitalism has failed due to unregulated immorality!
@1walicki I dont care for FDR's policy's and I have read many books about the New Deal and FDR's. However I would never accuse him of knowing about pearl harbor before it happened.
Human rights are always bought and sold when you steal liberty in order to give people equal things and equal status. The only thing that liberty allows is equal oppertunity to persue happyness. How you get there is up to you. Thats true liberty.
Sound like a libertarian which is admirable. I would disagree on the use of the word Happyness. Apparently also disagree on Pearl Harbor, but will remind that sometimes decisions are made for secret reasons.
The United States of America has a wonderful Constitution but it does not go so far as to define any Human Rights, that's what the UN did in 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms a long list of protections, unfortunately many Corps in the US/World find ways to bypass. Solution?
@1walicki We come together and demand it. Especialy since puplic and government workers live off our hard earnd money. Now the question)s is/are when, were, and how? For how I say as peacefully as possible. For when I say now. As for were. We use Youtube, we register people that are able to go to Washington and we gather. People are going to have to give up alot of things for this to work, but for our childrens sake! It must be done.
@CWSmith1982 Quit repeating the propaganda of the pro-Nazi Liberty Lobby. The crops and livestock were distributed to starving people. And since you repeat BS, just ask, how much food can unemployed people buy anyway?
Hoover said "The problem with Capitailism Are Capitalists, They're Too Dam Greedy" !!
Monopolies and Corporations must be broken up again.
The founding fathers were right about Banksters and Corporations. They said that if the banks control the money printing people would find themselves living homeless.
Our financial basics of governing is from British financial governing. To imply free mkts, but actually controlled mkts. To imply you have great medical, when it costs more, and you always get less.
They steal your homes, land (go back even to American Indians), pension or retirement money, drive costs up, outsource jobs.
Same politics?
Climate change is the transfer of your wealth into their pockets.
To all of those who wish to educate the supporters of FDR's "dream" about the reality of rights, do not waste your time. A wall will not budge no matter how many times you bang your head against it.
Rest assured, the day is coming where reality itself will teach them the hard way. Let them face it with no excuses, no claims of "I didn't know!" Only then will they learn the truth.
When you say socialism you give the impression it's bad ..and Roosevelt was just expanding on another great bit of socialism .. the Constitution of the United States .. we wouldn't have ANY freedom with out that important document!
Socialism demands the sacrifice of the individual to the collective, whereas the Constitution of the US was based on the idea of individual rights and limited government.
The founders all rejected collectivism. James Madison who wrote the constitution rejected collectivsm. Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence rejected collectivism. Socialism is the absence of liberty in order to provide for the "greater good" in the name of "fairness", whereas freedom is the ability to persue happyness in your own manner in a country that has equal oppertunitys, not equal results.
As a Canadian it give's me some pride to see people saying good stuff about us... eh... But lets face it with out America we would not have our standard of living. The American people need to take America back, becouse when the shit hit's the fan we will get splaterd too :) Start with ending the Fed, you cant have a 2nd bill of rights with that in place....
".. Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." - The Declaration of Independence
"That among these are life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness." - The Declaration of Independence. (Notice that it doesent say GUARENTEE of happyness). .
"To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association—the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
Thomas Jefferson (The man that wrote the Declaration of Independence)
FDR stated those bill of rights to prevent this chaos america lives in . america followed reagan's ideal the opposite of FDR and look what happen to us( cheating greed, monopoly , unjustified wealth, debts and unemployment ) we lost our social value( we the people) to the fictitious wealth and economic growth""
Who's to justify wealth? You want the Federal government telling you how much you're allowed to earn? Boy, you leftists REALLY dislike the concept of FREEDOM.
amazing. It is theSocialists Democrats ruining this country and yet you blame the Republicans for objecting to Socialist HC which is the bridge to Communism. I know Republicans should just sit back and say nothing like the sheep. Stupidly.
America is in need of a great President on the order of this great one- FDR, and those on Mt. Rushmore, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. So many of us had high hopes for Barack Obama on that beautiful Election night, and while he's a lot better than the last guy, his potential for greatness is going unfulfilled. I've not given up on him, but he needs to remember why he ran for president, stop pretending at it, and step up to the challenge. We need no less than that!
The Founding Fathers would had wildly disapproved of both FDR and Obama. They believed that you have the right to life liberty and the persuit of happyness. FDR and Obama believe that you have the right to life liberty and the persuit of happyness, but if you fail you are entitled to someone elses liberty and happyness. Please read the Federalist Papers. Please read "The Founders Constitution". Our last truly great president that measured up to our founders ideals was Reagan.
America is never going to change as long as the republicans still thrive, so, America is never going to change. I've completely given up on America after seeing how the conservatives have responded to the health care debate. I plan on moving to Canada after I graduate college, as it already has many of these things. I'm sick of America. The America is ridden of hypocrites and idiots, and it's not going to change, but there are other countries like Canada that aren't so conservative.
I'm on the same boat as you. I was actually planning to move to Seattle. But I think I should really considered moving to a whole different country. Besides Canada, can you name other good countries? I know Canada and the Scandinavian countries, which others? A plus would be countries where one can settle relatively easily.
America sucks. Things aren't going to change. After seeing how ridiculous and immature the Republicans have reacted to the whole health care debate, I have just completely given up on America. I plan on moving to Canada once I graduate college, cause I'm not willing to waste my life in a hypocritical country like America. Canada already has a lot of the things which were in Roosevelt's economic bill of rights. America is never going to change as long as the republicans still thrive.
Yeah!! The rich really hit the bread lines with 70% tax! They should be sent to some island to trade derivatives on their own so the real America can thrive and real people don't fall between the cracks.
You are wrong, but you speak for who? For the rich, for the excessive greed, for inequality, for evil. And this tax you talk about is so full of lies. This is the truth
I lived in Europe for four years and I saw the fruits of these rights first hand. There's nothing rocket science about any of this. It is mere common sense. If we can teach others how to do this, we can certainly teach ourselves!!!
People, we need to stop accepting "No" as an answer. No more, "Yes, we can."
How about, "Yes we WILL!!" and "We will NOW!!" What happened to the America that solved problems instead of passing them on to future generations??
Great video. America's working families are still waiting for decent jobs and health care. It is time to put FDR's Economic Bill of Rights into action.
As Americans, we all enjoy the right to pursue the good things that FDR mentioned. None of us, however, has the right to force others to achieve them for us. And the president -- or the filmmaker -- who offers to get them by force is leading us down the road to tyranny.
Who said anything about getting these rights through force? I've only seen (the filmmaker) talk about getting these rights through a democratic process. Nice to see right wing fear mongers are still hard at work. And BTW the only tyranny I've seen in this country is the unfettered economic tyranny of the rich.
Violence only brings Vengeance NEVER Peace.. When Truman dropped 2 bombs on civilians, he opened the door to tyranny.. a world where only the wealthy are free.
G Washington-Government is not reason;it is not eloquent;it is FORCE. Like fire,it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master
T Jefferson-To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others,who,or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill,is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it
The Reason we don't have these rights is because corporations and the wealthy have absolute control over our nation and the politicians we elect. It is Ironic that the politicians pass bills into law for wars and wall street bail outs but still can't pass a bill for health care reform even with a public option let alone universal health care. And there still is no employee free choice act to allow workers to organize for better working conditions. Even minimum wage was debated on. We need FDR.
Today I saw Moore's "Capitalism"...this portion in particular, left me stunned & outraged. To learn that America went to Germany, Italy and Japan to rebuild and provide THEM with the means to have these Rights seems a travesty to the memories, the blood and the lives of American men and women who died during WWII. I'm emailing my representatives!! Together WE THE PEOPLE can collectively demand reformation. "I refuse to live in a country like this, and Im not leaving." -- Michael Moore
After FDR passed away, it seems Truman dropped 2 bombs *on civilians* and we simply forgot about affirming our Rights.. then Capitalism ran rampant right over anything that was supposed to be.
Less civilians died in both bombs at Heroshima and Nagasaki than did at the battle of Okinawa. If anything, thoes bombs not only saved lives on the our side but the civilian side as well. LOOK IT UP! More civilians were killed in the battle of Okinawa because the Japanese were killing their own people as they were seeking much needed aid from Americans. And before they would get defeated in battle they would kill all of the civilian population. Im tired of this liberal history BS!
"Too ill to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress in person, Roosevelt delivered it on the radio, and then invited in Movietone News cameras to film additional footage in which he advocates for the Second Bill of Rights. It was included in no newsreels of the time. Today, eerily, it still seems relevant, and the improvements he calls for are still unachieved." Ebert, Capitalism: A Love Story
The origional bill of rights was set up so that the States had protection from abuses of federal government. It was meant so that every state and its people can choose their own manner to persue happyness. Life, liberty and the PERSUIT of happyness. FDR tried to GUARENTEE happyness. This is not in keeping with the founding of our nation! The problem with FDR and Michael Moor is you need to take liberty away in order to enact their utopian view of America. No thank you. I'll keep my liberty!
You would do well receiving an education under a second Bill of Rights
Your spelling is horrific, and I'm sure no one really takes you as a serious academic; you don't know what you're talking about. My recommendation to save you from embarrassing yourself any more than you have already would be to admit that you're clueless, shut your mouth, and go read some actual political science / history so you can engage people properly.
Guarantee (sic), happiness (sic), original (sic), pursue (sic)
Too bad he couldn't enact this.
tweeber69 1 week ago
Why blame president Obama at the end? When his administration was new the repugs stopped everything pelosi put forth in the house by killing it in the senate, the senate then was known as the place where legislation went to die. Then the repugs and tea baggers gained the house of reps, where their stated mission was to see that he failed. Well, they have done that and we have failed, in a sense. downgraded by the very crooks who got us here, the s@p, and obstructionism in the house.
pupilofreality 6 months ago
My dad was in the Air Force. He was very upset as they already knew that Russia was gonna come and fight us for our land. Apparently they ain't the only ones.
Licmycat 7 months ago
Incredible Channel. A true reflection of your love as it pours out onto your tube cavas like a lucid dreamer.
Fantastic and mesmerizing. I can't wait to see more from your soul! :)
ImScottFree 9 months ago
@ImScottFree Thanks for your awesome comment!!
1walicki 9 months ago
Incredible Channel. A true reflection of your love as it pours out onto your tube cavas like a lucid dreamer.
Fantastic and mesmerizing. I can't wait to see more from your soul! :)
worldstage6 10 months ago
@worldstage6 Thanks for a wonderful comment!!
1walicki 10 months ago
Are you kidding me? I admire the compassion and the greatness of their hearts. But it often leads to their head. Economic bill of rights? The only economic amendment that should be placed in the constitution is the separation of wealth and state. You can't just say everyone deserves a good pay, job, house, car, and vacation. At whose expense do these things come from? Doesnt make any sense. Why not just raise the minimum wage to $50 per hour, we can all be rich!
AroundSun 1 year ago
@AroundSun How about lowering hedge fund managers' average hourly pay from $900,000, yes, you read that correctly, to a more reasonable number. I agree that not everyone should earn $50 per hour, but no one should earn $900,000 per hour; which translates to $1.8 billion per year, if the manager worked 40 hours per week for 52 weeks. If I made $900 K per hour, I'd work for eight hours and could retire with about $4 million after taxes. You are underestimating the greed and power of the rich.
heathdwatts 10 months ago 2
just legalize the constitution!
Ron Paul vs Obama ( FDR4) debate 2012!
deshaebeasley 1 year ago
"If the American people ever allow the banks to control the issuance of their currency, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property, until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." ~ Thomas Jefferson
v44forme1 1 year ago 14
@v44forme1 sorry you got spammed .. I give you a big thumbs up!!!
1walicki 1 year ago
Despotism
v44forme1 1 year ago
Soo true now.
Also see
Despotism--------
v44forme1 1 year ago
FDR was our greatest president. He wanted to bring about a humane and just society. "What's the hold up?" The hold up is that both Bush & Obama have allowed our economic policy to be run by and for Goldman Sachs.
hebaroxy 1 year ago
Censorship WTF
v44forme1 1 year ago
This is soo true. We need a Second Bill Of Rights again.
Did any of you ever see the gigantic cargo ships that arrive from China here. Bigger than a aircraft carrier, full of thousands of containers, and always empty, returning back to China. Think of our jobs lost, becaused of these unloyal unpatriotic leaders we have. Who rather profit from our missery.
End the FED
v44forme1 1 year ago 3
This is soo true. We need a Second Bill Of Rights again.
Did any of you ever see the gigantic cargo ships that arrive from China here. Bigger than a aircraft carrier, full of thousands of containers, and always empty, returning back to China. Think of our jobs lost, becaused of these unloyal unpatriotic leaders we have. Who rather profit from our missery.
End the FED
v44forme1 1 year ago
Why should we trust the U.S. Gov. with a 2nd Bill of Rights. They have crapped upon the Constitution.
4RedStates 1 year ago
@4RedStates
I dunno - probably because they've don e a better job than the states that you've chosen to support, which were great at trampling on expropriated african slaves and enacting Jim Crow laws on them, the bullying and intimidation of women, and paying less in federal taxes than they take in from the government.
Ahh, I hate conservatives.
bigollameo 1 year ago 2
If FDR lived today... I can see Fox news running a smear campaign against him -/ "commie, socialist, etc."
Actually, what the hell am I talking about? Glenn Beck is doing a revisionist hitjob on him anyway.
aceflashheart 1 year ago 2
I do believe in what FDR's vision, but its not Obama's fault as you allure to at the end. He might be the president, but that doesn't give him the right to do whatever he wants. Look at the current reform... the public option as if now is for the most part gone and done. But you cannot blame him for that. He tried, but he alone isn't going to convince the Republications to think other wise. If anything, blame the people of Massachusetts for their crappy votes, haha
kobedoe1 2 years ago
@kobedoe1 Keep believing that, you will ensure the progressive agenda fails every single time it is attempted. Obama is no FDR, he's a pompous incompetent fool. FDR had the foresight to explain his proposals in clear detail to the people, he did not attempt to impose upon them any plan he did not clearly articulate, that is why many of his proposals past, and why Obama's are not.
If you want to know why Scott Brown won in my state, its purely a function of the hubris of modern democrats.
GaiusIuliusTaberna 1 year ago
FDR recognised the real issues.
Poverty, classism, and division based on Race are not the tenants of a free society.
The probelm with America is we have Conservatives trying to bring about Fascism, and liberals who are too afraid to stand up to them.
Then you have independents, who accept the social injustice, and accept people being poor with no future, as a fact of life.
3star2nr 2 years ago 6
Thats soo true !!
v44forme1 2 years ago
A job is not an inalienable right. Healthcare is not an inalienable right. A house is not an inalienable right. An education is not an inalienable right. The government has no right to fix pay and prices. The very tampering in any of these fields is a slap in the face to Liberty, The constitution, and founding fathers.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
If Capitalism is praised for all it has given us SEPARATE FROM DEMOCRACY then what has it to say in defense of all the damage & misery it has caused humanity in its wake? A job as a privilege in this economy shows that less people have privileges now. Healthcare at a price-point in this country will help us share in sickness. A house as an investment assures that only banks own them. An education for only those regarded as deserving will lead our nation back into slavery.
Capitalism is failing!
1walicki 2 years ago
A job as a guarantee with guaranteed overly high wages is guaranteed to go overseas. Government healthcare will only go bankrupt like social security, medicare, medicade, welfare, Amtrack, Detroit,... hey wait .. thoes are all SOCIAL programs huh? Socialized housing and loans to people who cant afford them will only end up like freddie and fannie. Wait! FDR created Fannie! Looks like the only thing thats failed us is the New Deal, Great Society, and the Community Reinvestment Act. Social Pgrms!
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
EVERYTHING ends up being a 'Social Program' when Corporate Nazis control the economic and banking institutions. Because who cares about people.. they only get in the way by trying to earn a living.
1walicki 2 years ago
No corperation is preventing anyone from trying to earn a living. No corperation benefits from citizens that cant afford their goods and services. Remember that thoes jobs dont belong to the workers. They belong to the men and women who struggled all of their lives to take a risk on an investment. Remember that most fortune 500 CEO's came from NOTHING to billionairs. No liberty is lost in a businesses persuit of profit.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
The Economic Bill of Rights...at whose expense?
fullmetalchymist 2 years ago
At the expense of any person, business or other entity that would perpetrate economic calamity upon any individual human being(s).
Aside from salaries and pensions for Presidents, Senators and Congressmen & women, ..which we do anyway - it's about safeguarding our rights, as we deserve them after all that has happened to date!
1walicki 2 years ago
What do you mean by "perpetrate economic calamity"? Do you realize that one man's success does not have to entail another man's failure?
You say "it's about safeguarding our rights", but have you thought about what a "right" actually is? How can one man have a "right" to the product of another's effort without enslaving him and therefore destroying the very concept of rights?
fullmetalchymist 2 years ago
well a corporation has the rights of men and a percentage of them actively trade in making money on destroying another's wealth .. not creating it.
Now with the power to contribute any monetary amount to any political campaign ruthlessness will be the winner.
If you really don't think people in corporate control aren't practicing malfeasance then your are naive.
Pick a side .. right or wrong .. fair or unfair .. choose NOW
1walicki 2 years ago
There are more than two sides. I agree that corporations should not have the powers of government (that is, a monopoly on the use of force), and I am not naive enough to believe that all corporations are above abusing the law to siphon wealth from their competitors rather than creating it themselves. But so-called "economic rights" are also incompatible with freedom. Rights are freedoms to action, not entitlements to certain products, which are necessarily produced by someone else's effort.
fullmetalchymist 2 years ago
And the people have a right not to shop at thoes venues dont they? Hence the democratic cycle works its magic. Community organizations and unions have been thugging business this way for years. And now the business gets to fight back. If anything its not only fair but an expansion of LIBERTY. And you cant stand it!
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
Unfortunately Unions have become just as greedy and managed as corporations .. and some might even be on the payroll of banks and insurance companies.
So HOW do we have the entire system checked and balanced so that EVERY group plays by the rules and wins only by FAIR RULES???
1walicki 2 years ago
Liberty is the truist form of fairness. As long as you have the right to life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness you have fairness. (Note that FDR's economic bill of rights is a government attempt at the GUARENTEE of happyness, at the expence of others, not the PERSUIT of).
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
ok fair enough happyness is certainly no yardstick to measure by .. subjective, objective and irregardless of actual details. Granted in the face of a depression why wouldn't you not want your citizenry to be hopeful and happy.
If this recession was a depression might not your attitude change if you needed a handout and were at the end of your rope?
1walicki 2 years ago
@1walicki Thats what family and friends are for. Thats what church is for. Thats what your local community is for. Thats not why the states created the federal government. It is wrong for goverment to force money out of one mans hand and give it to someone who doesent even live in that mans state. Theft is still theft even if its done through taxation.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
Yes. Your rights. You have the right to life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness. Not the Guarentee of happyness. I refuse to believe that we need to take eccential, self evedent rights and libertys away from one group of citizens in order to give nonexistant, and non evedent, rights and libertys to another in the name of fairness. You have no right to another mans paycheck. You want a living wage? Get educated enough for someone to demand your services at a living wage.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
If you dont line the corperation it is yor right not to buy their goods and services. Futhermore it is your right not to invest in them. What is a corperation but a bunch of shareholders? What is a campaign contribution by a corperation than a board of shareholders voting to donate money? And if you dont like it then your voice can be heard by a boycot of their stocks and goods. Its a full and fair democratic cycle!
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
@fullmetalchymist the founding fathers spelled out a Republic, not capialism, not corporations, as running our government.
What we have now is a form of slavery, debt and servitude.
Lincoln said we need a government by the people, for the people. Say what you want, but he wanted our USA to produce here everything it needs, not to rely on foreign interests. Like the foreign banks who make up the FED.
v44forme1 2 years ago
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v44forme1 2 years ago
Yes sir!
Let's get our Economic Bill of Rights, AND .. then disallow Corporations of 'Political Rights' that are currently equal to a human being.
Corporations are NOT people they must NOT be allowed to vote!
1walicki 2 years ago
@1walicki. Sure. Do the same to the unions as well. And then stand by for an economic boom like no other youve seen in history.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
I look forward to starting from scratch after 2012 since Murray Hill (a Corporation NOT a PERSON) is now running for Republican seat in MD.
It's apparent that people are not important anymore I guess we should just be put into work camps .. since there's no work anyway.
1walicki 2 years ago
You think its the governments job to give you a job?
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
It seems the only entity to help when so much lawless arbitration, finance and insurance has endured at the taxpayer's expense.
Unfortunately it seems now corporations will have unfettered access at 'buying' the government, elections, etc..
This is a grave problem!
1walicki 2 years ago
@1walicki Then dont buy their stocks, goods, or serevices. Convince others to do so as well. This is the way a democractic republic works. Why did Air America go bankrupt twice and get canned? Because no one was listining to the crap they were serving. There is nothing wrong with a corperation donating money. There is nothing wrong with you boycotting their goods and serviced. You act so helpless but if you can convince others to boycot with you then you would be fine.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
The problem is that big money can squash Anything: people, ideas, products, elections, etc, .. most of all, smaller money.
That power is ruled over by lawless untouchables and as a result humanity and the world is held back in every way imaginable only to serve the power structure.
Money is not the problem .. it is the lack of money that is the problem ... now if we could end the 'Need for Money' ....
1walicki 2 years ago
Today they allowed corporations to donate as much as they want for political offices. Corporations need to be broken up, all monopolies, reinstall the Glass-Stegal Act, create our own money supply.
Reinstall tarriffs,make it a crime to be unloyal and inhumane to steal American worker rights.
v44forme1 2 years ago
Just more evidence that the current president is trying ti top FDR as the worst presuident (from an economic standpoint) in history and that FDR would have made things even worse had he been given the chance.
FletchforFreedom 2 years ago
people were in bread lines because of greedy bankers back in the 20's and you think Roosevelt's policy of helping the working man was bad?
Wow say hi to the antichrist and cheney next time you see them :P
1walicki 2 years ago
Actually people were in bread lines because after the Fed manipulated the money supply (creating the bust) both Hoover and FDR tried to hold up wages (creating massive unemployment) and then FDR undertook several actions (such as plowing under crops and slaughtering pigs while people went hungry) that prolonged the Depression for years.
That you are uneducated as to actual history is not my fault.
FletchforFreedom 2 years ago
Whether I can recount your 'accept' view is not the matter, history is written by the pen of those who have ruled and manipulated us.
The main concern is your apparent lack of apathy for your fellow men, women and children in failing to offer an meaningful solutions to our problems, caused by many of your fellow associates.
I hope you earn every dollar your deserve ..
Capitalism has failed due to unregulated immorality!
1walicki 2 years ago
How many people did Roosevelt starve to death by paying farmers to destroy their crops and livestock in a price fixing scheme?
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
yes and he knew about Pearl Harbor's imminent attack .. and gave away Poland to the Russians .. and probably many other things.
Now imagine Monsanto buying the Veterans Affairs Dept and actively holding 'death panels' based on their cost structure.
Regardless of political affiliation we should be secure our Human Rights before they are bought and sold.
What is more important profit or life?
1walicki 2 years ago
@1walicki I dont care for FDR's policy's and I have read many books about the New Deal and FDR's. However I would never accuse him of knowing about pearl harbor before it happened.
Human rights are always bought and sold when you steal liberty in order to give people equal things and equal status. The only thing that liberty allows is equal oppertunity to persue happyness. How you get there is up to you. Thats true liberty.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
Sound like a libertarian which is admirable. I would disagree on the use of the word Happyness. Apparently also disagree on Pearl Harbor, but will remind that sometimes decisions are made for secret reasons.
The United States of America has a wonderful Constitution but it does not go so far as to define any Human Rights, that's what the UN did in 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms a long list of protections, unfortunately many Corps in the US/World find ways to bypass. Solution?
1walicki 2 years ago
@1walicki We come together and demand it. Especialy since puplic and government workers live off our hard earnd money. Now the question)s is/are when, were, and how? For how I say as peacefully as possible. For when I say now. As for were. We use Youtube, we register people that are able to go to Washington and we gather. People are going to have to give up alot of things for this to work, but for our childrens sake! It must be done.
CedWii360 1 year ago
@CedWii360 good words .. let's stop watching and start doing!
1walicki 1 year ago
@CWSmith1982 Quit repeating the propaganda of the pro-Nazi Liberty Lobby. The crops and livestock were distributed to starving people. And since you repeat BS, just ask, how much food can unemployed people buy anyway?
FDRChannel 1 year ago 2
power to you
robotmonkey73 2 years ago
to all of us
1walicki 2 years ago
FDR was and is right.
Hoover said "The problem with Capitailism Are Capitalists, They're Too Dam Greedy" !!
Monopolies and Corporations must be broken up again.
The founding fathers were right about Banksters and Corporations. They said that if the banks control the money printing people would find themselves living homeless.
v44forme1 2 years ago
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v44forme1 2 years ago
FDR was right, and all this greed is evil.
We need a "2nd BILL OF RIGHTS", NOW !!
Our financial basics of governing is from British financial governing. To imply free mkts, but actually controlled mkts. To imply you have great medical, when it costs more, and you always get less.
They steal your homes, land (go back even to American Indians), pension or retirement money, drive costs up, outsource jobs.
Same politics?
Climate change is the transfer of your wealth into their pockets.
v44forme1 2 years ago
Socialist twat.
TimeWarp66 2 years ago
To all of those who wish to educate the supporters of FDR's "dream" about the reality of rights, do not waste your time. A wall will not budge no matter how many times you bang your head against it.
Rest assured, the day is coming where reality itself will teach them the hard way. Let them face it with no excuses, no claims of "I didn't know!" Only then will they learn the truth.
sonrouge 2 years ago
What a valuable piece of history.
Thank you for sharing with us the proof that the current socialism does indeed have it's roots in the Roosevelt doctrine.
Mingowildcat 2 years ago
When you say socialism you give the impression it's bad ..and Roosevelt was just expanding on another great bit of socialism .. the Constitution of the United States .. we wouldn't have ANY freedom with out that important document!
1walicki 2 years ago
We must have different copies of the Constitution if yours is socialist.
Mingowildcat 2 years ago
Socialism demands the sacrifice of the individual to the collective, whereas the Constitution of the US was based on the idea of individual rights and limited government.
They are nothing alike.
sonrouge 2 years ago
Socialism and freedom are polar opposites. How dare you claim the United States constitution a socialist document.
TimeWarp66 2 years ago
The founders all rejected collectivism. James Madison who wrote the constitution rejected collectivsm. Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence rejected collectivism. Socialism is the absence of liberty in order to provide for the "greater good" in the name of "fairness", whereas freedom is the ability to persue happyness in your own manner in a country that has equal oppertunitys, not equal results.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
As a Canadian it give's me some pride to see people saying good stuff about us... eh... But lets face it with out America we would not have our standard of living. The American people need to take America back, becouse when the shit hit's the fan we will get splaterd too :) Start with ending the Fed, you cant have a 2nd bill of rights with that in place....
cabl3guy2012 2 years ago 2
"Start with ending the Fed."
That will never happen, anyone with a brain can see that.
For that there needs to be a revolution.
Jeffff23 2 years ago
".. Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." - The Declaration of Independence
1walicki 2 years ago
"That among these are life, liberty, and the PERSUIT of happyness." - The Declaration of Independence. (Notice that it doesent say GUARENTEE of happyness). .
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
"To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association—the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."
Thomas Jefferson (The man that wrote the Declaration of Independence)
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
I'd like to thank a patient Canada for supporting US while we clean up our currently messy country. :)
1walicki 2 years ago
FDR stated those bill of rights to prevent this chaos america lives in . america followed reagan's ideal the opposite of FDR and look what happen to us( cheating greed, monopoly , unjustified wealth, debts and unemployment ) we lost our social value( we the people) to the fictitious wealth and economic growth""
joedoublet 2 years ago 4
"unjustified wealth"???
Who's to justify wealth? You want the Federal government telling you how much you're allowed to earn? Boy, you leftists REALLY dislike the concept of FREEDOM.
TimeWarp66 2 years ago
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v44forme1 2 years ago
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v44forme1 2 years ago
No sir, you fascists do dislike the concept of FREEDOM however.
Jeffff23 2 years ago
amazing. It is theSocialists Democrats ruining this country and yet you blame the Republicans for objecting to Socialist HC which is the bridge to Communism. I know Republicans should just sit back and say nothing like the sheep. Stupidly.
CATTSTACEY 2 years ago
If you have any suggestions for better countries, with a predominant intelligent populace (i.e. no republicans/conservatives) please give me a list.
A plus would be countries where making a transition would be relatively easy. Canada seems like it would be the easiest.
Thank you so much.
It's refreshing to see a video where most comments are rational, but that's really because comments are first approved by the OP, lol.
Jeffff23 2 years ago
Franklin D. Roosevelt. A most excellent human being. The best president the United States has had, by a very wide margin.
Obama had the potential to be a second FDR, but it has gone unfulfilled. Let's be honest with ourselves, he will not be a second FDR.
I'm on the same boat as you TheoreticChaos,
I was planning to move to Seattle once I graduate from college, but I think I should really consider moving to a better country.
Jeffff23 2 years ago
America is in need of a great President on the order of this great one- FDR, and those on Mt. Rushmore, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. So many of us had high hopes for Barack Obama on that beautiful Election night, and while he's a lot better than the last guy, his potential for greatness is going unfulfilled. I've not given up on him, but he needs to remember why he ran for president, stop pretending at it, and step up to the challenge. We need no less than that!
elwior 2 years ago 13
The Founding Fathers would had wildly disapproved of both FDR and Obama. They believed that you have the right to life liberty and the persuit of happyness. FDR and Obama believe that you have the right to life liberty and the persuit of happyness, but if you fail you are entitled to someone elses liberty and happyness. Please read the Federalist Papers. Please read "The Founders Constitution". Our last truly great president that measured up to our founders ideals was Reagan.
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
Why is it that these kinds of promises go hand-in-hand with locking people up for their race?
Think about it, kids. A government that can give you everything you want is powerful enough to take everything you have.
-jcr
NSResponder 2 years ago
America is never going to change as long as the republicans still thrive, so, America is never going to change. I've completely given up on America after seeing how the conservatives have responded to the health care debate. I plan on moving to Canada after I graduate college, as it already has many of these things. I'm sick of America. The America is ridden of hypocrites and idiots, and it's not going to change, but there are other countries like Canada that aren't so conservative.
TheoreticChaos 2 years ago
I'm on the same boat as you. I was actually planning to move to Seattle. But I think I should really considered moving to a whole different country. Besides Canada, can you name other good countries? I know Canada and the Scandinavian countries, which others? A plus would be countries where one can settle relatively easily.
Thank you.
Jeffff23 2 years ago
America sucks. Things aren't going to change. After seeing how ridiculous and immature the Republicans have reacted to the whole health care debate, I have just completely given up on America. I plan on moving to Canada once I graduate college, cause I'm not willing to waste my life in a hypocritical country like America. Canada already has a lot of the things which were in Roosevelt's economic bill of rights. America is never going to change as long as the republicans still thrive.
TheoreticChaos 2 years ago 3
Why aren't more listening to this?
Why don't more people care?
MoJoSB 2 years ago 3
There's no Justice, there's Just Us ..
It's on us to spread the word ;)
1walicki 2 years ago
Spreading it as we speak.
MoJoSB 2 years ago 2
Right on FDR
desertrat014 2 years ago 2
I hate republicans. I just wanted to say that. They would of attacked it if it did passed.
BrandonSeattle 2 years ago 5
FDR was clearly a communist, so were all those people in the 50s and 60s that accepted 70+% taxes on the wealthiest individuals
override367 2 years ago
Yeah!! The rich really hit the bread lines with 70% tax! They should be sent to some island to trade derivatives on their own so the real America can thrive and real people don't fall between the cracks.
Dean0000007 2 years ago 4
You are wrong, but you speak for who? For the rich, for the excessive greed, for inequality, for evil. And this tax you talk about is so full of lies. This is the truth
desertrat014 2 years ago
You spread lies.
desertrat014 2 years ago
1946 Despotism video look up and pass on.
desertrat014 2 years ago
thank you so very much!
1walicki 2 years ago
I lived in Europe for four years and I saw the fruits of these rights first hand. There's nothing rocket science about any of this. It is mere common sense. If we can teach others how to do this, we can certainly teach ourselves!!!
People, we need to stop accepting "No" as an answer. No more, "Yes, we can."
How about, "Yes we WILL!!" and "We will NOW!!" What happened to the America that solved problems instead of passing them on to future generations??
toeg1 2 years ago 4
We lived in England for only 6 months, but what I saw was a constant plea for the government to fix absolutely everything.
Someone call Nanny 911.
Mingowildcat 2 years ago
Great video. America's working families are still waiting for decent jobs and health care. It is time to put FDR's Economic Bill of Rights into action.
rightdemocrat 2 years ago
Thanks .. YES I know we can all make this happen!
1walicki 2 years ago
As Americans, we all enjoy the right to pursue the good things that FDR mentioned. None of us, however, has the right to force others to achieve them for us. And the president -- or the filmmaker -- who offers to get them by force is leading us down the road to tyranny.
doverbeachcomber 2 years ago
Well said!
1walicki 2 years ago
Who said anything about getting these rights through force? I've only seen (the filmmaker) talk about getting these rights through a democratic process. Nice to see right wing fear mongers are still hard at work. And BTW the only tyranny I've seen in this country is the unfettered economic tyranny of the rich.
chazlister14 2 years ago 2
Violence only brings Vengeance NEVER Peace.. When Truman dropped 2 bombs on civilians, he opened the door to tyranny.. a world where only the wealthy are free.
1walicki 2 years ago
You tell 'em!
darkwingppk 2 years ago
G Washington-Government is not reason;it is not eloquent;it is FORCE. Like fire,it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master
T Jefferson-To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others,who,or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill,is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
Everyone should have these rights. Everyone. Thank you, FDR.
Allboys45 2 years ago 2
The Reason we don't have these rights is because corporations and the wealthy have absolute control over our nation and the politicians we elect. It is Ironic that the politicians pass bills into law for wars and wall street bail outs but still can't pass a bill for health care reform even with a public option let alone universal health care. And there still is no employee free choice act to allow workers to organize for better working conditions. Even minimum wage was debated on. We need FDR.
dellownerman 2 years ago 3
Today I saw Moore's "Capitalism"...this portion in particular, left me stunned & outraged. To learn that America went to Germany, Italy and Japan to rebuild and provide THEM with the means to have these Rights seems a travesty to the memories, the blood and the lives of American men and women who died during WWII. I'm emailing my representatives!! Together WE THE PEOPLE can collectively demand reformation. "I refuse to live in a country like this, and Im not leaving." -- Michael Moore
aquaphoenix831 2 years ago 4
After FDR passed away, it seems Truman dropped 2 bombs *on civilians* and we simply forgot about affirming our Rights.. then Capitalism ran rampant right over anything that was supposed to be.
WE CAN STILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.. ACT NOW!
1walicki 2 years ago
Less civilians died in both bombs at Heroshima and Nagasaki than did at the battle of Okinawa. If anything, thoes bombs not only saved lives on the our side but the civilian side as well. LOOK IT UP! More civilians were killed in the battle of Okinawa because the Japanese were killing their own people as they were seeking much needed aid from Americans. And before they would get defeated in battle they would kill all of the civilian population. Im tired of this liberal history BS!
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
I saw Michael Moore's movie today. ASTOUNDING WORK! I LOVE THE FDR PORTION.
UltimoLatino 2 years ago
Where is an T Roosevelt or F Roosevelt when we need one so desperately!
bobjfs 2 years ago 2
Maybe they'll show up only if we keep demanding them!
1walicki 2 years ago
"Too ill to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress in person, Roosevelt delivered it on the radio, and then invited in Movietone News cameras to film additional footage in which he advocates for the Second Bill of Rights. It was included in no newsreels of the time. Today, eerily, it still seems relevant, and the improvements he calls for are still unachieved." Ebert, Capitalism: A Love Story
benadam74 2 years ago 3
Yes, everyone should go see Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' today!
1walicki 2 years ago
The origional bill of rights was set up so that the States had protection from abuses of federal government. It was meant so that every state and its people can choose their own manner to persue happyness. Life, liberty and the PERSUIT of happyness. FDR tried to GUARENTEE happyness. This is not in keeping with the founding of our nation! The problem with FDR and Michael Moor is you need to take liberty away in order to enact their utopian view of America. No thank you. I'll keep my liberty!
CWSmith1982 2 years ago
You would do well receiving an education under a second Bill of Rights
Your spelling is horrific, and I'm sure no one really takes you as a serious academic; you don't know what you're talking about. My recommendation to save you from embarrassing yourself any more than you have already would be to admit that you're clueless, shut your mouth, and go read some actual political science / history so you can engage people properly.
Guarantee (sic), happiness (sic), original (sic), pursue (sic)
Axiomat097 1 year ago 2
this guy was one of the best. he should be setting examples for presidents in my day, such as reagan, bush ( daddy and jr), and possibly obama
john12892 2 years ago
Roosevelt was right then, and right now.
iac74205 2 years ago 5
So profound was FDR he reminds US of the Founders.
1walicki 2 years ago
One can hope...
DucatiMo22 2 years ago 3
But ALL can help...
Email Senators, Congress and the White house!!!
1walicki 2 years ago