Posted: | January 14, 2020 02:45 PM |
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From: | Representative MaryLouise Isaacson |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | An Economic Bill of Rights |
Can you fully enjoy your constitutional “right to life” if you don’t have access to quality health care? Are you truly enjoying “freedom” if you are worried about how you will feed your family? The obvious answer to these questions is no. We know it and President Franklin Roosevelt knew it 75 years ago when he proposed an Economic Bill of Rights, stating: “individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. Necessitous men are not free men.” In recognition of the fact that our freedoms wither without economic security, I am proposing an amendment to our state constitution that will protect our rights to:
I hope that you join me in building a Pennsylvania that works for all of us by supporting this legislation. |
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Introduced as HB2260