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A vast quantity of paid labor is great for infrastructure projects. This is what pulled the US out of the depression, and is the reason we have so many gorgeous
by sdenton4 6y ago
A vast quantity of paid labor is great for infrastructure projects. This is what pulled the US out of the depression, and is the reason we have so many gorgeous post offices and public buildings everywhere. (Particularly on the post office front, this included stone workers, but also artists and architects and engineers.)
(Expanding on edit...) And really, infrastructure is about building the solid foundation on which the nation runs. Fix the digital infrastructure at all levels of government. Put out wild fires, and provide other emergency relief. You're already paying people; that's generally the expensive part...
- pyuser583 6y agoInfrastructure work requires specialized training... that I don’t have. And most people don’t have. We could certainly build a construction corps. But I don’t think many people in my neighborhood could be part of it. Modern construction is far more technical than in the 1930s. Failure isn’t tolerated. Environmental impact statements are needed. It’s insulting to the highly trained construction workers to say the average person could be conscripted into doing their job.
- alextheparrot 6y agoRe-institute the Manpower Board then, the government’s management of large amounts of manpower means they have a vested interest in their training. Look to the military, kids turn into marines, fighter pilots, engineers.
- pyuser583 6y agoOnly 30% of young adults meet the requirements for military service. Most previous mass mobilizations focused on young men. I still can’t imagine what sort of work my neighbors and I would be doing. Not building roads, that’s for sure. Lots of bad backs.