Dear John,
My Economic Bill of Rights represents a fundamental course correction to the American economy. From providing universal health care to a guaranteed living wage and more, it represents an economic U-turn and a new beginning for America. We cannot have 70% of Americans living in chronic economic stress and expect our society to thrive.
In the richest country in the world, the majority of people should not be struggling to get by. In the 1970s the average worker had decent benefits, could afford a house, a car, a yearly vacation, and to send their kids to school.
Our current system is predicated on a majority of people living their lives in order to serve an economic system, when the purpose of an economic system is to serve the people. This is unsustainable, and it will not last.
This fundamental collective injustice represents a reign of economic tyranny, contrary not only to the tenets of democracy but to the basic decency of the American people. The political establishment works hard to pull the wool over people's eyes, acting as though the whole thing is far more complicated than it actually is. It’s time to pierce the illusion, vote for an Economic Bill of Rights, and break the invisible shackles that bind far too many people and keep democracy in chains.
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Within every human being lies the God-given potential to create a good, the true, and the beautiful. Look at any small child, and it’s so obvious that’s the call of their soul. There was no reason for society to limit that potential, when our purpose should be to enhance it.
Politics should be a conduit by which people are supported in becoming their best. As President of the United States, I would use the power vested in me to make it do just that.
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