If you had the chance to be the Roosevelt of our time what jobs would you provide?

M0nica

MawsRosie

Consider yourself told off M0nica, clearly not the answer OP was wanting.

No, I am not told off. It is the natural exchange of views.

I think if we were to look for any scheme as worth reviving it might be an updated version of the YTS scheme introduced in the 1980s. That scheme certainly had its defects, but I think a scheme that was compulsory for NEATS and included elements of social skills and picking up educational problems, together with basic working skills.

I think any scheme will need to be local and deal with local needs. I would point out that repairing potholes, so that they stay repaired is a skilled jobs. There is more to it than shoving tarmac in a hole and packing it down.

I'm sure there's an array of skills for repairing potholes - but- although its not an area I have personal knowledge of - could these skills not be taught within a reasonably practical length of time?
Not the assessment, material selection, theory behind how to repair different potholes - just how you actually do a good job when the holes have been assessed and appropriate materials provided?

I think I’d set up far more opportunities for those with the aptitude for practical work, carpenters, fitters, plumbers, electricians, as well as all the skills required to work on building sites in all capacities.

I would also set up a nationwide scheme aimed at every person having the opportunity to work on local allotments and learn how to grow food, then to prepare and cook it.

I’d also set up lots of “little libraries” and “little pantries” schemes.

I agree with the whole water infrastructure thing and also the clearing and clearing of all our lakes and rivers.

So much to do, so little money to spend on it.

If the people who do this work are currently unemployed or underemployed, it's likely they are receiving some form of state benefit. Surely it's better that they are doing something that will benefit communities and enhance peoples' lives.

In any case, the money spent on wages will ultimately go back to the Treasury, either as direct taxation or by being spent (which provides an income for somebody else) and going back as tax on profit or corporation tax, etc.

The whole point is that the money is moving round the system, creating improvements on the way, which wouldn't happen if people are sitting around doing nothing.

MaizieD

MaizieD

What are you quoting from, DAR?

Sorry , I’ve realised it’s an AI summary. Did it cite a source or sources?

I'm not sure Maizie - sorry. I think I would have copied them over but I was trying to answer quickly as I felt I had not come back was trying to catch up.

valdali I'm sure there's an array of skills for repairing potholes - but- although its not an area I have personal knowledge of - could these skills not be taught within a reasonably practical length of time?
Not the assessment, material selection, theory behind how to repair different potholes - just how you actually do a good job when the holes have been assessed and appropriate materials provided?

Correct, it's a skill, fairly easy to comprehend.

Given the appropriate instruction, materials, and tools - a person could accomplish filling potholes. Not rocket science.

The massive expansion of US industry to fight WW2 probably provided far more jobs than the New Deal ( good as that was) and underpinned the growth of the US economy for years to come.

Grantanow

The massive expansion of US industry to fight WW2 probably provided far more jobs than the New Deal ( good as that was) and underpinned the growth of the US economy for years to come.

It is not a way of improving employment and growth that I would care to recommend, though

Some peacetime work will do fine…

Is that one of the reasons Russia can't give up the fight?

A re-think is required, about which 'jobs' must be done for a society to thrive, how will this be funded, which skills are needed to carry out these tasks?