Monday, April 12, 2010

What if? Open thread

Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered in January 11, 1944 his State of the Union Address via radio as Roosevelt was suffering from the flu.

Wikipedia:

Roosevelt's remedy was to create an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:

• A job with a living wage
• Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
• A home
• Medical care
• Education
• Recreation

Here is FDR’s
State of the Union Address".

On a side note:

This footage [FDR's SOTU] was believed lost until it was uncovered in 2008 in South Carolina by Michael Moore while researching for the film Capitalism: A Love Story. The footage shows Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights address in its entirety, as well as a shot of the Five Rights printed on a sheet of paper.

Here is an excerpt of FDR's State of the Union address about a creation of an economic bill of rights:

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