Loading ...(renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.
In a much smaller but more famous project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.[1]
Almost every community in the United States had a new park, bridge or school constructed by the agency. “The stated goal of public building programs was to end the depression or, at least, alleviate its worst effects,” sociologist Robert D. Leighninger asserted. “Millions of people needed subsistence incomes. Work relief was preferred over public assistance (the dole) because it maintained self-respect, reinforced the work ethic, and kept skills sharp.”[7]:228
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The same thing as above, has been quietly stealthily going on in the USA since around 1975, and TPTB accelerated it after the 2008 meltdown. Look around your area. Read the newspapers. Bridges, Parking garages, four story apartment buildings near railroad stations. Excessive various gov’t employees. This country’s wealth has been stealthily embezzled away since 1975 and replaced with non productive employment and hence we have a $19 Trillion national debt.