This idea has been batted around by socialists (and communists) for decades and is again rearing its ugly head.
Jacobin magazine--named for the blood-thirsty, failed French revolutionaries who slaughtered over 40,000 people in less than a year--is a publication devoted to socialist thought and celebrated by progressive outlets such as Vox.
Is it any wonder that this socialist publication would publish an article that articulates the idea of resurrecting some incarnation of FDR’s failed "Works Progress Administration" (WPA), a program that likely prolonged the Great Depression?
According to the authors of "Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee," a "federal job guarantee" would give "everyone a job"and is "the best way to democratize the economy and give workers leverage in the workplace."
| If you give them money for not working, they're not workers, are they? |