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Other analysts said everyone is watching Wisconsin. Before 2011, only two lawmakers in state history were recalled.
Last year, Democrats lost four of six recall races. Republicans kept legislative control. While popular sentiment wants change, Democrats and Republicans offer none. Both parties support wealth and power. Vitally needed social justice doesn't stand a chance.
Across America, earlier era progressivism is nowhere in sight. It began in the 19th century to end slavery, support women's rights, small farmers, and political populism. It advocated:
- social reforms benefitting ordinary Americans;
- citizen empowerment;
- comprehensive education as a universal right;
- curbing corporate power;
- eliminating corruption and waste;
- labor rights;
- laws prohibiting child worker exploitation;
- environmental conservation, and other issues stressing social values over financial gain.
In January 1944, Franklin Roosevelt proposed an economic bill of rights. The earlier one "proved inadequate to assure us equality and the pursuit of happiness," he said. He endorsed:
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