I support a Constitutional Amendment for a right to a decent job. The right of private property in the basic means of production protected by the Fifth Amendment would be subordinated to this right.
I have a draft amendment.
But even more, Roosevelt's uncompleted proposal for an Economic Bill of Rights should be spruced up and constitutionalized.
This Constitutional basis would be supplemented by Congressional Acts to fill in more specifics. For example the Hayes-Conyers Income and Jobs Action Act bill from 10 years ago begins to detail a comprehensive program for jobs or income.
Charles Brown
Detroit
Workers of the West, it's our turn.
>>> <MScoleman at aol.com> 08/25 1:29 PM >>>
About six months ago I read a NY times magazine article which pointed out that
poverty in Appalachia had not changed one iota despite large government
expenditures iin the area. Also, in NYC, where hunger is not as invisible as
rural hunger, working poor families routinely make the choice between the rent
and food, or adults feed the kids and not themselves. With rising rents, this
situation is becoming more, not less, common. As Louis points out, things are
getting worse instead of better.
so, what's the answer. if government intervention in appalachia did not help poverty -- was it because of the type of intervention? the level? or doesn't government intervention help?
personally, i think we should begin with a raise in the minimum wage, but what other solutions would people offer? maggie coleman mscoleman at aol.com