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Add some more - anything built by the CCC or WPA. I've enjoyed many things built by this kind of labor, and I've always wondered why we couldn't bring it back o
by abakker 9y ago
Add some more - anything built by the CCC or WPA. I've enjoyed many things built by this kind of labor, and I've always wondered why we couldn't bring it back or make it permanent. We certainly need more of this kind of work done than we currently have people doing it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
- dragonwriter 9y agoThe CCC and WPA are very effective means of dealing with short-term mass dislocation of labor where the private economy employing it is likely to return in the near term I substantially similar form.
- abakker 9y agoBut, weren't a significant number of people who went through those programs essentially given skills and experience that made them more relevant? Even if those programs didn't give them an education, several years of experience in building things definitely beats nothing. Notably, California still has this kind of program. https://ccc.ca.gov https://ccc.ca.gov
- crdoconnor 9y agoIronically enough Milton Friedman was one of those people.