What do we the people want?

Listen the fuck up

With all the bullshit going on in America since the fascists gained control of the government, it’s time the rest of us made our demands as citizens of this country clear. In my humble opinion we can’t do better than to fine-tune President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights, also called an Economic Bill of Rights. This was part of his State of the Union speech to Congress on January 11, 1944. He spoke of what must be done following the end of World War II.

The Victory in Europe ended that phase with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945. Japan formally surrendered on September 2, 1945. Sadly President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, so he could never see his Economic Bill of Rights come to fruition. At this moment in time, we who love our country, the free and democratic Republic, can make our demands known.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Excerpts from Franklin Roosevelt’s Speech

It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people — whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth — is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.

This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights — among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.

As our nation has grown in size and stature, however — as our industrial economy expanded — these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

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 — regardless of station, race, or creed.

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.

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens.

SO, WHAT DO WE WANT?

1. A good job that pays enough for one person to provide adequate food, clothing, and recreation for the family;

2. The right of farmers to a family farm where they can raise and sell the products of that farm and earn a decent living for the family;

3. The right of businesses large and small to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

4. The right of every family to a decent home;

5. The right to adequate health care such as a single payer Medicare for All.

6. The right to Social Security, Medicare, to insurance for illness, accident, and unemployment.

7. The right to a good education.

No, this is not too much to ask of one of the richest countries in the world.

As such, and as free people who have stake in the game through the United States Constitution, we demand this.

And we expect to see our Representatives in Congress fight for these rights without compromise.

Finally, let’s hear a brief excerpt from President Franklin Roosevelt.

What happens if our demands are ignored? Fuck around and find out.