In American history classes, most of us were taught about key dates, documents and events that have fueled our nation’s founding and continue to add to our legacy.
Among our lessons were the Declaration of Independence of the 2nd Continental Congress serving notice to England of these United States, the Constitution — our “supreme law of the land,” and the Bill of Rights, the documents that form the bedrock of America. Our essence is about our freedom, our individual opportunity.
Sounds good, huh? But, 236 years later, is this really America?
One item not taught in American history was a speech that shows the demarcation separating the two philosophical views now evident in our nation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the Congress in his January 11, 1944, State of the Union message during the fury of World War II with a speech that captured the core of the progressive philosophy that exists today.
The speech referenced the “Second Bill of Rights” and the “Economic Bill of Rights.”