New WPA for the Gulf oil spill

by mcgee85

The American people are looking for some response to this disaster. We feel powerless while we wait for the so called experts to cap the well. We know that if we ever drill anywhere again that the lessons learned here will be put to good use. But we still want action and I have a starting point for that action. A new WPA for the gulf region.

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Create WPA-Style Gulf Cleanup Army

by Kalkaino

It's just an idea, but it's got real possibilities. Why not create a WPA-style army to clean up the Gulf of Mexico beaches and marshlands? There are millions of able-bodied folks crying for work, and years' worth of work that will basically need to get done by hand, with shovels, bags, wheelbarrows et cetera. This is work that can't be outsourced to Inda. It'll be hot, hard, buggy, smelly work so even if we pay a real wage, (like, say $20 an hour) nobody will be said to be getting a handout. I envision a real corps, with barracks or trailer camp bases being thrown up quickly. Recruits, should be by quota drawn from all over America (with some allowance for relief of those directly affected, fishermen etc) to maximize support for the program.

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