A program I would want to bring back from Roosevelt's New Deal would be the Public Works Administration (PWA). The rate unemployment decreased significantly when this was created. The PWA hired people to create public works like bridges. It also stabilized our purchasing power at the time; something that we could use right now. I don't see why this program isn't still around today; we could really use it.
I think that we should create a new program similar to PWA or even the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The CCC is similar to the PWA, it created a lot of jobs (Over 3 million) for young men to build new parks. If we created programs like these, but maybe had them do other jobs rather than just parks or bridges, it would be great for our tough times. There is a large portion of the United States of America that have no jobs. Programs like these are something that we could do easily. It would help our country to build nice things and employ a lot of people.
I think that PWA would be the best plan to bring back (CCC is a bit restrictive as to who can work) but we should also tweak it so that the job is more versatile. We could build great things for our country like schools, libraries, etc. A lot of people in America would definitely benefit from having a program like this.
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