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 The Call to Service

By Wise 1 - 3/22/2009 ()

obama's call to public service

Obama wrote an article, published in Time Magazine, on his purposed legislation to expand the role of public service organizations, such as Ameri-Corps, and increase the sector by a quarter of a million jobs.

First off, it is refreshing to have a President that can write an article worthy of getting published in Time. The only thing Bush seemed to write was his own signature. Aside from that, it is an effective argument to get our nation working again fixing the broken American infrastructure.

When my Grandfather talks of the Great Depression, he talks fondly of his times in the C.C.C. or Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the New Deal programs started by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Grandpa left his family farm in South Dakota to work in the state forest, doing useful jobs for more than useful pay. It helped put food on the table for his family and gave him food, shelter and a sense of purpose while he did it.

CCC Civillian Conservation Corps

A hand up, not a hand out! This strategy worked well in the Depression and it can act again to rebuild our dilapidated …

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 Tent City, USA

By Wise 1 - 3/16/2009 ()

tent city in sacramento
About 4 months ago I ran a story on the emerging tent cities, or Hoovervilles, that are popping up all over the country. The Corporate-owned media took very little notice, perhaps, trying not to make a fuss on the eve of the Christmas shopping season.

NPR today released a story on these new tent cities, on one large one in particular located in Sacramento just off the American River. They did a heart-wrenching column and a photo essay that really drives home the point of where the U.S. Economy stands.

There is little good news these days on the economic front. Unemployment is at the highest levels since the early ‘80s and the downward spiral is only just beginning. Many of those who have jobs are taking pay-cuts. Dubbed “the walking wounded” they are spending less and clinging to their homes while they watch their neighbors abandon the American Dream. Wall Street is closing below 7,000 which is 50% lower than the record highs of 14,000 posted just a year and half ago. Corporate America is begging for billions from the Federal Government, blowing it on bonuses …

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