A 21st Century WPA?

I don't know how many of you recall the WPA from your US History class, but I recall the lesson on this time in history quite clearly. The WPA is the Works Progress Administration that was created by our 32nd President - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - as part of the New Deal.

Now what does this mean you must be asking. FDR set off to create programs to bring back the economy from the Great Depression. The largest of these programs was the WPA. The jobs created by the WPA and the work done by the people who participated can still be seen today around the US. For instance, a lot of the national infrastructure (roads, rail, etc) , working on buildings, as well as even planting neat rows of trees in our national forests.

Even the November 24, 2008 issue on Time brings up the idea of what President-Elect Obama can learn from FDR.

Really though, should we or can we re-create a program like the WPA to save our economy?

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