[From Rick Marken (2013.09.02.0830)]
In honor of Labor Day I offer you some words from a Fireside Chat given by FDR on September 6, 1936.
“Tomorrow
is Labor Day. … In this country we insist, as an essential of the American way of life, that the employer-employee relationship should be one between free men and equals. We refuse to regard those who work with
hand or brain as different from or inferior to those who live from their property. We insist that labor is entitled to as much respect as property. But our workers with hand and brain deserve more than respect for their labor. They deserve practical protection in the opportunity to
use their labor at a return adequate to support them at a decent and constantly rising standard of living, and to accumulate a margin of security against the inevitable vicissitudes of life.”
“Tomorrow,
Labor Day, belongs to all of us. Tomorrow, Labor Day, symbolizes the hope of all Americans. Anyone who calls it a class holiday challenges the whole concept of American democracy.”
“The Fourth of July commemorates our political freedom – a freedom which without economic freedom is meaningless indeed. Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom reality.”
I think these sentiments are profoundly consistent with a PCT view of human nature. Extra credit for anyone who can explain why. (Hint: Substitute the word “control” for “freedom”).
Best regards
Rick
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Richard S. Marken PhD
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