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In this day and age, though, is there even an industry that could benefit from the pool of unskilled labor that an FDR-style works program might generate? -- nm*

Posted by znufrii, silly old man (aka znufrii) May 22 '20, 09:50

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Pretty much any job in the construction industry can use unskilled labor -- folks starting out as apprentices. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 22, 10:54
A lot of small restaurants have went under. Waiters gotta work. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 10:32
the federal parks system, bridge & road repair -- nm* - Peglegpete May 22, 10:05 3
- To your first point, I did see an article mentioning conservation efforts would be a good way to put people to work. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:13 2
  - we're starting fire season in the west. 5000 extra people trimming everything back would be great -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 10:49 1
    - only 38,995,000 more jobs to go! :) -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 11:01
I think it would look different but spending it on trade training and paying people to take it would be similar. - spamlet May 22, 09:56 1
- Combine 'em. Construction requires office staff, skilled trades, technicians, etc. Employ and train. Extra skills = Extra flexability for them. -- nm - VMan May 22, 10:13
I think that infrastructure (similar to FDR) would still benefit from unskilled labor - JD May 22, 09:55 10
- Consider the amount of technological progress over the past 75 years, though - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 09:57 9
  - I mean it could if you want a jobs program. -- nm - spamlet May 22, 10:06 2
    - Sure. We could hire people to dig holes and fill them back up again, if we want a jobs program just for jobs' sake. :) -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:08 1
      - I'd settle for just filling holes (potholes) which would be an incredible benefit and create a bunch of useful jobs -- nm - JD May 22, 10:11
  - Though the maintenance kind of does? And I've yet to see a completely automated dam builder and Michigan just showed that those need work - JD May 22, 10:01 1
    - + truck drivers + the people working to produce the materials necessary -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:04
  - maybe not *as many*, but it's still manual labour of some stripe - Reagen May 22, 09:58 3
    - Right, it's a question of scale, not that there wouldn't be any work to be done. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:03 2
      - There's a political question in there - Reagen May 22, 10:05 1
        
        That's the flip side of it, yes. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:06
space force -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 09:52
Moonshots -- nm - David May 22, 09:52

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