Making a Living Collecting Cans

Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by grimtrigger on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:56PM (#6518086)

You seem to be suggesting recycling as a jobs program. That makes me nervous. I would rather have a recycling program that is as efficient as possible and a separate jobs program that is as efficient as possible. This hybrid seems to serve neither well.

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by judk on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @06:20PM (#6518224)

It is a public-private partnership, not so different in structure from the military-industrial complex. Weild your disapproval consistently.

What is a jobs program if not paying people to do useful work?

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by pyre on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @10:49PM (#6519161)

While I don't agree with the parent to your post, I will say that a more 'efficient' jobs program would be one that teaches them useful skills in the job market (e.g. a skilled trade like welding). An example would be the Hoover Dam, which was a jobs program under FDR's New Deal (thought maybe not an excellent example as many of the jobs were high-risk).

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by dllthomas on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @10:52PM (#6519165)

Digging through dumpsters and being ignored... sounds like we're training a bunch of PI's?

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by grimtrigger on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @12:06PM (#6522108)

Weild your disapproval consistently

You have no idea what my opinion on the military-industrial complex is

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