Yes, WPA is a good example.
When my dad came over to Seattle from Spokane in order to find work
back in 1937, he landed a job and moved us into a drafty old rental
house just in time to lose the job. Dad walked the streets. Once he
took a job as a cook on an ocean-going tug, and couldn't get word to
mother for three days. She thought he'd been murdered. But finally,
as the war began, he went to work on WPA, digging ditches at the
Bremerton ship yard. The Ferry ride took an hour each way, and dad
took a correspondence course in radio repair. For several years I
shared my bedroom with dad's repair bench and shelves of various
pieces of equipment and broken radios. WPA had fulfilled its purpose.
Another struggling bread winner on his feet and Dad never looked back.
The thing was, WPA was good for the entire nation. Fiscally
conservative businessmen were used to raking in the money, not paying
it out. But hording did no one good at all. Moving money around kept
us all fed, warm and busy.
Naturally, this is not going to happen under the Trump dynasty.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/26/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FDR's WPA, that's what you're talking about. All kinds of jobs from manual
labor to dramatic productions, funded by government, all fulfilling the
needs of our people. But the US doesn't do that sort of thing anymore. It
privatizes everything, including functions that were performed by our
military, even public schools. Our country is so far from where it was in
the 40's, 50's, and 60's in terms of how our economic system works that it's
almost inconceivable. Do you remember when weekends were actually weekends,
time off when nobody worked, nobody shopped, nobody made business calls? Do
you remember when there was one breadwinner in the family who worked one
job, 40 hours a week? Do you remember when soldiers did KP?
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 7:58 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Trump Tweets, "No Transgender shall be called
upon to protect America"
When I was teaching Braille at the Orientation and Training Center(OTC), I
used to lecture my students about the benefits afforded those "lucky" young
men and women who served in the armed forces.
Low interest loans with no down payment through the VA, lifetime medical
care, free schooling, commissary benefits, and on and on. I said that if I
were younger, I would volunteer to serve my country.
Then, when the recruiting office rejected me, I would sue, declaring that my
Rights had been violated. I would argue that Blindness was being used to
keep me from the many benefits I would receive if I served. Not a single
student of mine ever tried enlisting.
Today I would never encourage anyone to enlist. Not even with tongue in
cheek. But what I do advocate is a civilian service that offers the same
benefits as the military. Young men and women could join and serve their
country doing a multitude of jobs right here in the good old USA. We've
allowed our nation to slide into disrepair, and it will take many years and
many hands to put it right again.
Of course we will get absolutely no support from our Billionaires.
They only pretend to care for the nation, but when push comes to shove, they
are busy taking. So we also need to learn from them.
Taking their ill gotten gains would be plenty to get a good start on
returning our nation to those "Great Days" of the past. And if we run a bit
short, well there's plenty of billions falling out of the Pentagon's
coffers. Heck, they lose billions without even worrying about it. And the
good news is that there would be plenty of jobs that could be handled by
blind people. Yes, when Johnny comes marching home again, maybe he'll trade
in his rifle for a shovel, a rake and a hammer.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/26/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, all those trans-sexuals and gays and lesbians and women, why do
they want to fight our wars, anyway? Well, they want to be like everyone
else.
Also, there aren't that many jobs these days, You get food and a
salary in the military. Sometimes it pays for college.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:11 AM
To: blind-democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: my blog carl jarvis <carjar82.carls@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] Trump Tweets, "No Transgender shall be
called upon to protect America"
Dear Beleaguered Friends...and Others.
Things may be looking up, if we can just take the latest Tweet from
Donald Trump at face value. After discussing the matter with his
generals, Donald Trump, in his position as Leader of the Pack...Oops,
as Commander in Chief, has declared that Transgender Americans will no
longer be allowed to serve in the USA's Military.
Now if we can convince Mister Commander in Chief to declare Gay's to
be banned, followed by the Tender Sex(His term for Women), and finally
all boys under the age of 25, we might be onto something radical. I
believe with all of my brain, that those wanting their interests
protected, should be the first to head the charge into battle. No one
in the Jarvis Tribe has anything to gain, financially, from putting
their lives on the line. But the Koch Brothers? Now there's a bunch
of folks who have everything to lose. And along with the fellows down
at the Billionaire's Club, including the "Great Pretender" Donald
Trump, those are the fellows who should be out on maneuvers. Besides,
shouldn't those who have the most to lose, and have lived long enough
to enjoy it, and have the interest of their own children,
grandchildren and beyond, at heart, be prepared to lay down their
lives, rather than the lives of my children, grandchildren and beyond, who
have little to gain besides a Heroes Death?
Well, I suppose someone by now is thanking their God that Carl Jarvis
doesn't have a Twitter account, or an Oval Office from which to Tweet
his rants.
It's going to be in the mid 80's today, out here on the Great Olympic
Peninsula. A perfect day to take these creaky old bones into the
lovely fresh air of this glorious Wilderness and fill pot holes in our
quarter mile road. Certainly this activity will be far more
productive than standing by, waiting for President Trump's next tantrum.
And by the way, if anyone can find today's Flashpoint, it's well worth
hearing Josh Green discussing his interviews with Russian President
Vladimir Putin. He presents a rather more believable image of what
appears to be a competent leader, rather than the comic character the
Corporate Media presents.
Carl Jarvis
