Second Bill of Rights

The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by

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during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 11, 1944. In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognise and should now implement, a second "

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". Roosevelt argued that the "political rights" guaranteed by the

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and the

Bill of Rights A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and pri ...

had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness". His remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" to guarantee these specific rights: *

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This "right to work" is not to be confused with the "

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s" to which this term usually alludes inside the United States.) * An adequate income for food, shelter, and recreation * Farmers' rights to a fair income * Freedom from

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