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Reply to "How would you solve our unemployment problem?"

Clues from the Great Depression may help. Jobs programs like WPA to build high speed rail, and even that Mexican border fence could be of benefit, but until we, in this country, decide to produce goods again, no full scale recovery is going to be possible. I therefore think we should make it economically not fesable for a company to produce products in another country and ship them here. As long as health care cost are being borne by businesses it is a lot more difficult to compete with other countries, so I think we should make available a single-payer health care .
In the end, since this is a global problem we shouldn't look at it like it is going to be over soon.
One thing that really bothers me to have to admit, but obsession with the national debt at this point in time is actually going to hurt. Happened during 39 so we know what can happen if it is too much of a worry. I hate to have to admit that fact because I hate debt so much, but we are where we are.
Taxes? , hell, we have the lowest taxes we have had since Harry Truman was president, and it would appear low taxes ain't working now.
In the meantime, while we are trying to find our way in the night, we should re-regulate the financial industry to keep them from playing the shell game they were playing before it all went south.
One thing more as it relates to manufacturing: We have a problem - we need energy more and more
There is a green solution- Solar and Wind
There is a country capitalizing on that need right now- China
NOW THE REAL QUESTION -- WHY IS IT NOT US?
In fact , we don't even lead the world in battery research for electric cars. WHY NOT ?

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