To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Don't Leave Poor People Out of the Minimum Wage Debate
As with the original during the Great Depression, WPA TODAY would enlist our many, many unemployed (who WANT to work and own a wide range of qualifications from unskilled to highly skilled) to REPAIR & REBUILD our country's decaying infrastructure.
The nation's parks, storm-ruined coastal cities, bridges, railroads, roads; from fading architectural detail gracing our national treasures to just about anything that once bejeweled this nation..... it's all falling apart. We must turn our greatest resource, people who want to work, into a successful WPA for TODAY. We are at the tipping point. Let's encourage our legislators to get something that's priceless for OUR tax money: an AMERICA RESTORED... by a WPA for today.
The nation's parks, storm-ruined coastal cities, bridges, railroads, roads; from fading architectural detail gracing our national treasures to just about anything that once bejeweled this nation..... it's all falling apart. We must turn our greatest resource, people who want to work, into a successful WPA for TODAY. We are at the tipping point. Let's encourage our legislators to get something that's priceless for OUR tax money: an AMERICA RESTORED... by a WPA for today.
Why is this important?
I am 77 years old, hold both a BFA & MFA (at Yale) and now augment my wife's teacher's salary by finding and completing small masonry jobs: steps, landing, patios, etc. We barely meet our mortgage, fill the fridge for family meals. If I find pride in doing excellent masonry at bargain prices....how much more satisfaction I'd have, say, repairing paths in our National Park System.... or restoring decaying murals in a post office or public building. Or using lifelong photographer skills to document this program. Bringing back the shining glory of America... something all races and all ages can work toward. WPA for TODAY