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12. does everyone in vermont and new jersey have one yet? those would

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Mon Apr 23, 2018, 05:07 PM

Apr 2018

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Cory Booker's new big idea: guaranteeing jobs for everyone who wants one [View all] Donkees Apr 2018 OP

It's not really a new idea: FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1

The CCC was only as good as those who ran it locally. My dad worked there and when he went shraby Apr 2018 #2

True. A friend of my dad's worked for the CCC and raved about it The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #4

More accurately, the WPA, as the CCC was for young males only LanternWaste Apr 2018 #3

The OP title says "new big idea," which is also the cited article's headline. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #5

My dad worked for the WPA back in the 1930s. It was great. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #9

My grandfather worked in the CCC program. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #14

More recently than that. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #10

The post on Bernies similar plan earlier today got hammered. CentralMass Apr 2018 #6

New ideas, good, new ideas usually get hammered. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #8

Yeah, but now that Booker has jumped on the Bernie Bandwagon, no doubt he'll be lauded... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #13

LOL! OilemFirchen Apr 2018 #22

Like Medicare for All, this is actually John Conyers' bandwagon. lapucelle Apr 2018 #38

Right. ;-( elleng Apr 2018 #27

Bernie Sanders is suggesting something similar. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #7

Everyone who wants one already has a job Tavarious Jackson Apr 2018 #11

Well, wanting a job and having a job are two different things. haele Apr 2018 #15

I put another post up piggy-backing on yours, but PatrickforO Apr 2018 #25

I agree with you in all ways Tavarious Jackson Apr 2018 #30

Need will create critical level of demand, and it's building now. Hortensis Apr 2018 #36

I LOVE that kind of talk! PatrickforO Apr 2018 #42

Guarantees will be great! quartz007 Apr 2018 #31

LOL. Good one. ck4829 Apr 2018 #17

Piggy-backing on haele's post, PatrickforO Apr 2018 #24

The problem with the Kochs and Mercers and people like them. Blue_true Apr 2018 #37

does everyone in vermont and new jersey have one yet? those would msongs Apr 2018 #12

huh..."corey booker just trying to stay relevant..." I expect to see that post any... JCanete Apr 2018 #16

Booker doesn't have to "try to stay relevant". He has a long record of ALWAYS being so. Wwcd Apr 2018 #32

We clearly laud different aspects of people's political histories, but that said, there is JCanete Apr 2018 #41

So Booker anounced this on the 20th... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #18

Well done hueymahl Apr 2018 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Wwcd Apr 2018 #33

Well...Donkees provided the link.... sheshe2 Apr 2018 #45

"How is this all going to be implemented and paid for?" -- Nobody knows...! NurseJackie Apr 2018 #23

As long as no Senator or anyone else uses this issue to BASH other democrats, it wont matter. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #28

Thank You Elliot. I just experienced exactly what you described. Wwcd Apr 2018 #34

It'd be happening RIGHT NOW if we'd won in 2016. Hortensis Apr 2018 #19

Yeah but emails...you know, way more important than jobs, air, water, etc. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #29

You sound just a tad fed up. Wish I could give you Hortensis Apr 2018 #35

I have a darn colonoscopy thursday at 11, because my last one was inconclusive I have to Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #48

Oh my at starting today. That's sadistic. Hortensis Apr 2018 #49

My dad had a great experience with FDR's "CCC" left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #20

Again.... not a new idea, really... Adrahil Apr 2018 #26

Canada runs non-profit nursing homes and medical facilities that provide jobs for workers. lindysalsagal Apr 2018 #39

universal Basic Income my become a necessity before long demtenjeep Apr 2018 #40

Hillary almost ran on it for 2016, so it's coming fast Hortensis Apr 2018 #46

No matter who proposes it, it is a bad idea. GulfCoast66 Apr 2018 #43

I understand what Cory is trying to do. northremembers Apr 2018 #44

Democrats WILL insure a livable wage. We need the power, Hortensis Apr 2018 #47