With the unemployment rate at 9.5 percent, what do you think the government should do about getting people back to work?
Interviews by Jermar Perry, Photos by Natalie Kellem
“I think we need that alphabet soup program like Franklin Roosevelt had. If we cut the military budget and put into place the F.D.R program, we could put that money back into getting people to work. The United States needs people to work.”
Chris Randolph,
11th and Shunk streets
“We should do what F.D.R did and put into place the public works program. We have to find somewhere to free up loot and put people to work.”
Neal Lund,
South Colorado Street
“Getting rid of the politicians that think about the money in their pocket and get people back to work. These politicians are sitting around and putting money in their pocket. They don’t care about the people.”
Eve Tinsley,
Dorrance streets
“It’s everybody we are taking care of. We need to take care of ourselves and it’s affecting unemployment and the United States. We are not getting the education we need.”
Joseph Dove,
2000 block of South Sixth Street
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1. Anonymous said... on Aug 12, 2010 at 11:10AM
“The government need to think of different ways to get our work force back in order, the ABC way of President Roosevelt did. Here we need to rethink the companies we moved to other countries and bring them back here. We should be thinking how to educate our work force for the future and make us stronger. Americas need to pull together and work together to get stronger!
Our senators and congressman need to work together for the better of our country and for the people, we voted them into office!”
2. manufactured consent said... on Aug 12, 2010 at 03:53PM
“the america you grew up with is gone, the usa is a third world country, when the senator apologized to bp about the cleanup fund that sent the word out the the american people the the country is run by corprations, we must put all elected offical out of office, the longer they stay in the worst we become, teach you kids third world languages, if they want to work in the future,in wont be in the usa,”