I thought somebody might bring that up. Really, how many of the unemployed are writers and theater workers?
Most anybody can make some kind of public contribution commensurate with their talents. The problem is organizing that on a mass scale. It's not like drafting an army to dig ditches. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 6:16 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Obama commits to full employment The WPA wasn't just about employing the low-skilled. There was the Writers' Project, the Theater Project, etc. Unemployment can be soaked up in different sections of the labor force. Are there not unmet needs that skilled workers from the IT sector could meet? On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Max Sawicky<[email protected]> wrote: > Re: WPA, another note. This is a good way of scooping up the > immiserated low-wage labor market. But unemployment is pervasive at > multiple wage levels. It ain't the 30s with masses of starving > low-skilled workers and rural folks. Can we envision skilled workers > from the IT sector or women retail workers hunkering down in public > works projects? I can't. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
