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With 16 Million Jobless, Should the Feds Pay People to Work?

The phrase "public jobs" carries decades of baggage, from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the "workfare" programs of the 1980s. But with nearly 16 million people unemployed and a recovery that's halting at best, there's growing pressure on the federal government to get directly into the job-creation business. "There are people who need work and there is much work to be done," Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, said this week in making the case for a $40 billion public jobs program.The feds already have offered tax cuts and tax credits to spur all kinds ...

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