Wednesday, October 1, 2014

A nation-wide public works program would be good for everyone! Which is exactly why it will never happen.

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( WPA workers building a dam in Maryland, 1936. Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland College Park Archives .) Republican polit...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Kansas could use another New Deal

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( The Kansas state flag. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. ) Republican Governor Sam Brownback said he was going to run an experiment on Ka...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

An Old Water Main Broke on Sunset Boulevard: A WPA could have prevented that!

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( WPA workers on a water & sewer project in Prince George's County, Maryland, 1939. Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland ...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

WPA Poster: Before there was American Idol, there was Amateur Contest!

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( WPA poster by artist Arlington Gregg, created in Illinois circa 1936-39. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photograp...
Friday, September 26, 2014

A New Deal is needed to restore the American Dream

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Above: WPA workers putting a new roof on a building in Baltimore. New Deal policymakers were interested in putting America back to work ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Inequality, class warfare, and the need to "rigorously fight back" to regain our democracy

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Above: Listen to President Roosevelt talk about the danger of government control by the super-wealthy few .  The following quote is fr...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Trickle-Down Outcome: Rising wealth for the few, low-paying jobs for the many

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( New Deal policymakers like Harry Hopkins (left) understood that government action was needed to address problems associated with extrem...