Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The New Deal taught trades and technical skills


(WPA poster, image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.)

(WPA poster, image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.)

(A National Youth Administration student learning how to operate machinery. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.)

In this age of high unemployment and low wages--an age where the American Dream has been decimated for so many millions of Americans--wouldn't it be nice to have another New Deal? Of course, our political "leaders" aren't about to create another New Deal. They have, however, built the largest prison-industrial complex in human history for us.   

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