Our government must be the employer of last resort.
The 99ers who have exhausted all unemployment benefits need to be placed in a New Deal-style government job WITH a living wage.
When the U.S. economy again can offer decent middle-class jobs, then those workers could move into those.
But until then, our country is experiencing a waste of talent by allowing unemployment levels to grow, while outsourcing continues, something the government needs to strongly discourage.
There's enough work that needs to be done, such as modernizing the nation's infrastructure, as an example. D.I. believes that a decent job and middle-class living is a RIGHT and NOT a privilege.
If a person wants to be wealthy, then they can move into the private sector when work that offers that lifestyle becomes available.
D.I. believes that bills of the past such as Humphrey-Hawkins needs to be dusted off and targeted toward today.
D.I. calls upon progressive Democrats to pick up where Humphrey-Hawkins left off. D.I. calls upon U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) to bravely lead such a movement, something the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, also from Minnesota, would have led.
