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Re:Policymakers must consider the harms of pandemic policies... by carapace on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:29AM (#23312347)
Where there's a will there's a way.

My local library was built by the WPA.

> The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order 7034.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

We could fix a lot of our infrastructure and unemployment problems through something like that.

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Re:Policymakers must consider the harms of pandemic policies... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:49AM (#23312643)
There is no political will.
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Re:Policymakers must consider the harms of pandemic policies... by carapace on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:54PM (#23313477)
30,000,000 unemployed people aren't going to just sit around with their thumbs up their bums forever.
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Re:Policymakers must consider the harms of pandemic policies... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:25PM (#23313912)
Hopefully! The situation will need to deteriorate further before those folks take the necessary actions though.
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