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No, we would need to retrain them to do something that is valued. For which services/products do you think you're missing and would be ready to pay for if we we
by lastyearman 10y ago
No, we would need to retrain them to do something that is valued. For which services/products do you think you're missing and would be ready to pay for if we were to retrain the unemployed?
- DashRattlesnake 10y ago> For which services/products do you think you're missing and would be ready to pay for This isn't an individual virtue thing, it's a government/society thing. But there's lots things that could be valued, especially infrastructure stuff, for instance: 1. Better quality roads that are better maintained 2. Catching up on neglected maintenance of public infrastructure (e.g. bridges, etc). 3. New water projects in California needed to meet current demand. I recently read that no major projects have been undertaken since the 70s even though the population there has greatly increased. 4. List mile fiber to homes, even in rural areas. 5. Better public transit. 6. Building redundancy into critical infrastructure systems where it doesn't currently exist. 7. etc. That's just a bunch of random stuff I listed off the top of my head. If unemployed people are sitting idle, why shouldn't society pursue projects like these or similar?