WPA used public funds to produce public projects that made life better for the nation, while paying a wage [a small one at that] to those who did the work, at a time when "you could not buy a job" in the words of my Father, who was a young man during that era.
The guiding principle at that time was "nothing is for free" and "you have to work for what you earn".... not like today with "endless free social programs that require nothing in return." Imagine what the inner cities could look like now if the money given out in welfare over the past 50 years was paid out as wages for public work projects. On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 7:08 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And many of the infrastructure projects people enjoy today that make up > our National Parks wouldn’t exist, either. Trails, roads, overlooks, etc., > many of which were built by the WPA. > > Youngest son volunteered with a program called “ACE” ( > https://www.usaconservation.org) that provides (free) labor to the > National Parks in some states to maintain and rebuild many of these > resources, mainly trails. He talked about how they saw a lot of markers and > related graffiti left by WPA workers on the projects they worked on. He > thought it was pretty cool. > > -D > > > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > It is sad, and a sad commentary on our educational system that the hows, > whys, and solutions to the Great Depression are not taught. > > > > If they were we wouldn't have stuff like BitCoin and the GameStop stock > fiasco, people would know better. > > > > The WPA helped feed my Mom growing up, my Grandpa worked for them doing > things like laying sidewalks! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
