[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THE JOBS LOOPHOLE IN OUR FREEDOM CONSTRUCT

  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
speak for 1 minute, to revise and extend my remarks, to enter relevant 
materials into the Record at taxpayers' expense.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman is 
recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on January 11, 1944, in his 
third term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the limitations 
of the Presidency and Congress in addressing the Nation's most serious 
problem: unemployment.
  So he proposed changing the only vehicle capable of eliminating 
unemployment: the Constitution.
  Roosevelt suggested that adding fundamental economic rights to the 
Constitution was the only way to truly address our unemployment 
problem.
  Sixty-seven years later, to dramatize the shameful condition that our 
Nation and the marketplace tolerates, I have asked the Nation's 
unemployed, underemployed, and economically insecure to send their 
resumes to me at:
resumesforA[email protected]. I will then submit those records to 
the Congressional Record, on their behalf, as a means of protesting the 
unaddressed, shameful unemployment problem.
  I am not promising anyone a job. I believe that the wealthiest Nation 
in the world should do something about the jobs loophole in our freedom 
construct.
  Until Democrats and Republicans in this Congress and in the White 
House eliminate the fear of unemployment from our freedom and liberty 
construct, I will continue this peaceful demonstration at:
resumesforA[email protected].

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