CCC & WPA, Tariffs and strict buy USA policies for federal/state

[Boxerfan]

I just solved all the economic problems of the USA.
Thank you very much.

PS. Don't tell me it ain't that easy because IT IS!!!

[Odin2005]

1. K&R!

[de novo]

2. Recommend!

[Jackpine Radical]

3. You forgot universal health care.

Even the Catfood Commission recognized the cost savings to be had there.

[Boxerfan]

4. Righty O...

Catching up to the civilized world would be nice...

I have medical insurance but can't afford to use it. How screwed up is that?.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Screwed up and very common.

It's a good deal for the insurance companies, though.

[Sanity Claws]

5. I don't see why our government does not buy American

It is an easy way to help our economy.

[Recursion]

7. Because Chindia would retaliate

The Zeitgeist aside, we still have the largest manufacturing sector in the world, and it relies heavily on exporting. (It's just that we import more.)

[Recursion]

6. WPA, CCC, etc. never got unemployment below 15%

It's not clear it would do that today, either, sadly.

[Boxerfan]

9. Since thats where it is now-about-it couldn't hurt!!

Also-there are more than enough public works projects long overdue & crumbling infrastructure.

Also a whole generation needs to re-learn how to fix & make things. There are some who don't do well in a office job-me for example-who thrive when given a chance to work with their hands.

Its almost a lost art fixing things & schools should re- emphasize industrial skills.

A no brainer wich means the Repugnant ones would never let it pass. Might actually help & all that.


So I know it's a pipe dream for the forseable future.

But that doesn't mean it wouldn't work-I know it would.