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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah the problem is getting such a work program through congress. They won't pass funding for such a bill, because of "partisan" reasons. But when the military-industrial-banking complex needs more funding, suddenly it's a "bipartisan" issue and is passed immediately.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah but we could just ... do it. Without waiting on gov't funding or involvement. Or any funding. Just organize it, whatever it needs, and do it.

Public works project is the perfect thing to deal with covid out-of-work stuff. If it can be done safely. I guess if it can't some sort of work-from-home public works project might be safer.

[–]PostmodernJukebox 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

a neighbor of mine mixed her own cement to patch her sidewalk once. it would be great if communities could come together and fill potholes.