Economic Bill of Rights
by Albanius
Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 10:04:48 PM PDT
It is still December 10 in parts of cyberspace, but pace World Hunger Year, every day is Human Rights Day. Here is my version of an Economic Bill of Rights (more general than FDR's IMHO): 10 rights to match the 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights, brief enough to fit on one line each.
Every person (including resident non-citizens, but not corporations) is entitled to these economic rights:
A JOB at a living wage those able to work
INCOME SECURITY - pension, disability, unemployment compensation, credit access
FOOD - adequate nutrition, free of contaminants
Affordable decent HOUSING in a safe and sustainable community
HEALTH CARE including preventive, acute and long term care
EDUCATION - pre-school through college, and lifelong adult education
CHILD CARE - for working parents, and the right to care at home for infants
LEISURE TIME - paid vacation and family leave, no forced overtime
SAFE WORKPLACE - free of hazards, discrimination and harassment
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE UNIONS - to secure and protect all of the above
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