[lit-ideas] Re: Hire New Orleans Refugees to Repair the City? For Labor Day
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 15:37:13 -0400
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 9/5/2005 2:14:42 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Hire New Orleans Refugees to Repair the City? For
Labor Day
>
> Forgive my naiveté, but couldn't the government employ a bunch of
> managers and supervisors, then
>
> HIRE THE DISPLACED RESIDENTS OF NEW ORLEANS TO REPAIR THEIR OWN CITY?
>
> In the process of repairing their own city, the hurricane victims
> would also have the chance to train at different skills, such as
> carpentry, electrical, plumbing, masonry, etc.
>
> Seems it would do more to help the victims than giving the money to
> an international corporation. But that's just me and my callow
> hatred of globalism and global corporations....
>
I too think this is a terrific idea. The poor want to work. The problem
is nobody wants to hire them and it sets up a downward spiral of
unemployment and dependence. Then they could pay more in taxes and their
enhanced buying power would help the economy. But that doesn't fit with
Bush's vision of a third world style polarized economy. It'll never happen.
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