Bring Back the WPA
Jan. 28th, 2009 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
masque12Read:
http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/422902.html
To me, this is a no-brainer. It's not mentioned in the link, but what I would want to see done with a new WPA is this:
The US could switch to alternative energy like wind and solar with current technology, all that's lacking is the infrastructure. Private interests are stepping up, like T. Boone Pickens in West Texas, but that kind of thing takes too long with private funding. A massive, infrastructure building public works program could do it quickly, on a much more massive scale, which reduces our need for fossil fuels, provides jobs to those hurt by the current economic climate, cuts back on carbon emissions, etc. It's win-win everywhere, all it takes is cash.
Fuck giving money to the private banks and corporations who got us into the current situation, put the money into programs like this that would have long term positive effects.
http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/422902.html
To me, this is a no-brainer. It's not mentioned in the link, but what I would want to see done with a new WPA is this:
The US could switch to alternative energy like wind and solar with current technology, all that's lacking is the infrastructure. Private interests are stepping up, like T. Boone Pickens in West Texas, but that kind of thing takes too long with private funding. A massive, infrastructure building public works program could do it quickly, on a much more massive scale, which reduces our need for fossil fuels, provides jobs to those hurt by the current economic climate, cuts back on carbon emissions, etc. It's win-win everywhere, all it takes is cash.
Fuck giving money to the private banks and corporations who got us into the current situation, put the money into programs like this that would have long term positive effects.
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Date: 2009-01-29 03:13 pm (UTC)