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In reply to the discussion: All hands on deck. A call for national service. [View all]brush
(53,971 posts)I like it as a voluntary program that would increase jobs on more than one front. There is plenty of needed, immediate work in the CCC, WPA vein, but also a skilled, professional aspect of the program could put all the unemployed/under employed engineers, architects and others to work designing and building and upgrading our outmoded infrastructure.
It would be a win/win on the job front. IMO it should be voluntary and have a job training component also as there are still thousands not working who would jump at the chance to work, get experience and training.
Just think of all the work neededrailroads, bridges, sewers, waterlines, airports, power grid and on and on. Years and years worth of good jobs that would be an economic boom, and which would then require the subsequent continous maintenance, thus creating more jobs.