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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (105465)5/30/2005 10:25:14 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Your own philosophy on how to help society's poor and needy would be very interesting to me, of course.

It's very simple.

First, support a robust economy that can provide as many private sector jobs as possible.

Second, for those who truly can't find work, bring back the WPA. Roosevelt had the right idea. Don't pay people not to work; pay them TO work. There are thousands of public sector needs in this country that a new WPA could address. Parks to be built or maintained. Trees to be planted. Trails to be built and maintained. Roads and bridges to be built or repaired. Flood levies to be constructed and maintained. Housing to be improved. I bet evereyone reading this could look around their community and find plenty of needs that a WPA program could address.

Unfortunately, though, the liberal unions are dead set against this idea. They fear that it would hurt their high wage labor jobs. They would rather have people collect welfare than work on government projects that they think union workers should be doing, even when it means that the project won't be done at all and NOBODY gets the work.

And, of course, as we all know. Roosevelt was a part of the vast right wing conspiracy, so we certainly don't want to adopt any of his ideas, no matter how successful they may have been.
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