Tag: President Roosevelt

HOA homeowners are ‘the forgotten man’

HOA homeowners are the “forgotten man” to use FDR’s characterization of the farmers and working-class citizens during the Great Depression of the 1930s. As Governor of NY running for the Presidency, FDR addressed the nation on April 7, 1932. The relevant parts are provided below.

“It has been said that Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo because he forgotten his infantry . . . . The present administration in Washington provides, I think, a close parallel. It has either forgotten or does not want to remember the infantry of our economic army.  These unhappy times call for the plans of 1917  that build from the bottom and not the top down . . . that puts their faith in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid . . . .”

In short, the people count and have been ignored by the rich and powerful people and corporations. The Depression needs to focus on the unemployed people if this country is to survive the Depression.

Today our nation is facing the real possibility of the loss of our democratic principles  as set forth in the US Constitution. Yet, little attention had been paid the  authoritarian private government HOAs that have succeeded from the Union; the HOA legal scheme has become an institution and accepted as “that’s the way it is.”  (See The HOA-Land Nation  Within America).

Are the homeowners in HOAs the forgotten men and women of our times?  I think so.  The evidence is quite clear that today, as occurred some 90 years ago, they have been abandoned by special interest corporations and government posing as friends of the people.  And there is not nor has there been a protector of the people since FDR and JFK.

Pres. Obama fails to support his People, and his fellow Americans

We need new leadership and statesmen in Washington and in state legislatures to deal with the special interest domination of HOA legislation that is detrimental to those living in HOAs, and detrimental to the  foundations of our democratic system of government. We need people who are not afraid to stand up and take a position that they know is right and just against a system that is dominated by the special interest HOA stakeholders.

Obama had the opportunity to speak up for his People who maintain that a bias exists by the courts and police toward Blacks.  He missed his opportunity to lead by stating that he thought the Ferguson decision was wrong and was going to issue an executive order to investigate the Brown murder and procedure used in the grand jury process.

He is no leader, not like Teddy Roosevelt or Franklin Roosevelt who used executive action to advance causes that they truly believed in; causes that they stood up and defended vehemently against strong opposition and criticism.[1]   He does not rise to the level of the Roosevelts.  He failed to back his People, the people who brought him to power and who supported him in his presidency.

Rather, Obama comes before the camera, the people and his People, listless, flat, unemotional, lacking passion, and lacking the audacity to change.  Looking forlorn and wishing that he was not there.

He is a failure as a President. He is basically incompetent and should reign for the good of the country and for the good of all Americans.

Where are the statesmen who are not afraid to stand up and take a position that they know is right and just against a system that is dominated by the special interest HOA stakeholders.

Note 1.  See the PBS special The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.