tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post3996004118437449473..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Hillary, speak to service workersAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-74625505459990103382016-10-11T14:24:10.013-04:002016-10-11T14:24:10.013-04:00This is a good article. I remember being somewhat ...This is a good article. I remember being somewhat shocked at how few jobs were created by the infrastructure projects in the big 2009 deficit reduction spending. The work is more automated, and the people who get hired already have other jobs for the most part. When Harry Hopkins founded the WPA, he told the managers not to use automation so that we could employ more men using shovels.<br /><br />There is one problem in raising wages for people like home health workers. Their wages must be paid by people who are mainly old and sick and are far from rich. We would have to have federal subsidies to raise pay substantially.bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com