http://arlenegoldbard.com Purpose & pleasure. Aligned. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://arlenegoldbard.com/books/newcc/public-service-employment-for-artists/#comment-536 Arlene Goldbard » Blog Archive » Burning Down The House Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:37:58 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/?page_id=484#comment-536 [...] For instance, I was deeply disappointed that President Obama’s new jobs initiative—in the face of terrible, despair-inducing unemployment—amounts to a tax credit for private businesses. Necessary, perhaps, but astoundingly insufficient to address the problem. This country has had two successful experiments in public service employment as a way to advance public goals, build infrastructure, and support job creation, the New Deal programs of the 1930s and CETA and other public service employment initiatives of the 1970s. (You can read brief descriptions here.) [...] [...] For instance, I was deeply disappointed that President Obama’s new jobs initiative—in the face of terrible, despair-inducing unemployment—amounts to a tax credit for private businesses. Necessary, perhaps, but astoundingly insufficient to address the problem. This country has had two successful experiments in public service employment as a way to advance public goals, build infrastructure, and support job creation, the New Deal programs of the 1930s and CETA and other public service employment initiatives of the 1970s. (You can read brief descriptions here.) [...]

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