Let's Put America Back to Work - Hardcover
Book by Simon, Paul
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U.S. Sen. Simon (D-Ill.) calls for more resources in the private sector and for a federally guaranteed job opportunities program in outlining his political agenda should he become a presidential candidate. Claiming that the continued high unemployment rate is slowly eroding our economic future, he illustrates through actual cases the high costin taxes and human livesof crime, family dysfunction, illness and joblessness. He advocates tougher trade practices, deficit reductions through higher taxation, a lower rate of growth in defense spending and an emphasis on productivity and research rather than merger. His WPA-like Guaranteed Job Opportunity Program would be implemented by state-appointed district councils to fight illiteracy and retrain displaced workers, as well as create jobs. Such a program, he argues, would not only prove cost effective, but prevent a political confrontation between the very wealthy and the poor. (December 2
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This book by U.S. Senator Simon (D., Illinois) outlines his proposal for a guaranteed jobs program. His thesis is simple: it is better to pay people to work than to pay people not to work. His appeal is emotional more than substantive. To sell his program, he takes the reader along for a series of interviews with unemployed people. The stories told are sad, sometimes tragic, but generally incomplete. Simon's concern is humanitarian, but his account lacks objectivity. He does not tell his readers, for example, that the percentage of the adult population that is employed has risen even though the unemployment rate may be high. Nonetheless, there is ample reason to recommend his book in chapters 4 and 5, which present the essence of his program and its costs. J. Holton Wilson, Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant
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- PublisherUNKNO
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0933893183
- ISBN 13 9780933893184
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages216
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