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All the unemployed could, and probably should, be put to work building/restoring public infrastructure. None are now because that would be "socialism". It is a
by leot 16y ago
All the unemployed could, and probably should, be put to work building/restoring public infrastructure. None are now because that would be "socialism".
It is a fun/depressing exercise to imagine how you would improve the US if you had 14.5 million (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm) people to order about.
- leot 16y agoWell, I suppose that came out sounding a bit communist, and OT. Fwiw, the point was that, if there's gridlock, then there's no hope of seeing any of the needed job-and-value-creating investment in public infrastructure development.