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Old 04-17-11, 07:11 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by FIREWALL View Post
Or maybe a simpler way. Put all the massive unemployed citizens back to work that will pay taxes and, help take the burden off the already working taxpayers.

Just a thought.

Sort of what FDR did with the many work programs.

Unfortunately with the technology we have today, the safety regulations, not to mention the unions, there is very little untrained unemployed labor could do

We need to find some program that will serve society that we can implement in a deliberately labor inefficient way to put people to work. I just can't think of one that will get past the regulators and the unions.

Maybe we need to work through the unions. Hey, the US government worked through the Mafia during WWII, maybe they can work through the unions?

Wish I had the answer.
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