I was driving into Oak Park on Sunday. I was heading to a meeting of the New New Deal Project, a project dedicated to developing strategies for realizing FDR's "Second Bill of Rights" - the one no one seems to remember anymore. You know, the one that proposed laws "under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all - regardless of station, race or creed." It's not talked about much these days, what with "Shared Sacrifice" being the meme of choice, but FDR seemed to know a few things about how to deal with a screwed up economic system that plunged millions into despair and poverty, and I figure his ideas might be worth a second look today.
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