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Historically speaking, war is very effective at reducing unemployment. I'm not advocating it, but others will soon.
by ynniv 10y ago
Historically speaking, war is very effective at reducing unemployment. I'm not advocating it, but others will soon.
- lmm 10y agoPerhaps a revived CCC would be a more, ah, constructive approach?
- st3v3r 10y agoYou mean something like Clinton proposed? Something that Trump wants no part of?
- mastax 10y agoTrump has been harping on infrastructure spending the whole election. That certainly seems like the modern version of the CCC. Hopefully some of that money goes towards national parks and the like.
- galago 10y agoIt also seems to be following the same pattern as other industries in advanced economies in a that we're doing more with fewer employees.
- programmarchy 10y agoSo is breaking windows.
- mch82 10y agoAnd in increasing national debts.
- MisterBastahrd 10y agoThere's almost a 100% chance that the country will be at war by the time Trump's first term is up. It's going to be his only shot at a second term given that he won't be able to run on nonsensical rhetoric anymore.
- grp 10y agoIt's not really hard. Do you remember the last 4 consecutives years where USA was in peace?
- cableshaft 10y agoJust re-institute gladiatorial combat. That seemed to work well for Rome for awhile.