Invest In Rail Service - Ideas for Change in America

We need to learn a lesson from the Great Depression, which is that the Civil Works Administration, which preceded the WPA, was a more effective job and public works program than the WPA. The Obama Administration would do well to look into the history of this organization, because within just a few months of its creation it hired over 4 million people who performed useful work at decent pay. By contrast, the WPA employed far fewer workers, at lower pay. The CWA was discontinued because private business objected to its high wages, thus making hiring workers at poverty wages difficult for them, and the Roosevelt Administration did not have the will to continue it, nor was the grass roots pressure strong enough. - by June Brumer