Bernie Sanders asks Congress to spend $5.5 billion on 1 million jobs for youths

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2. Already got one

Sanders is right, but he doesn't need to start a whole new program. Job Corps is already there, and operates at a cost of about $40k a year for each student. The program is poorly run, and needs serious reform to be more effective, but it does result in decent, permanent jobs for some of its graduates. I worked for Job Corps, at a center where we had mostly young black men from large cities, and the success rate is low, but it's more effective than giving money to local officials and expecting them to know what to do. Right idea, on the target, but not quite a bullseye.