Autobiography of a Nation: Dead and Buried
Finally! I feel as though a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. My attempt to educate my dear readers on the historical connotations in the recent (can I even say that any more?) economic stimulus bill will conclude and I can go on to much more interesting /controversial topics such as Twitter(?) and/or lighthouses.
But before I can go on, I want to impart my incredibly average sense of political, financial and social awareness into reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps, with a twist. As I mentioned in my overview of the program, this organization was formed to provide the masses of unemployed with jobs conserving our natural resources. Millions of man hours helped beautify national parks, prevent forest fires, and build bridges over Chorro Creek in San Luis Obispo, CA (thanks B, now make it rain in the donate box!)
Now lets bring this back to 2009. How many of us know how to dig a hole? Mix cement and properly set a fencepole? Even less likely… How many of us know how to put together one of those nice contemporary bookshelves from Ikea without having the particle board showing where it is supposed to be espresso (Is it coffee or furniture anyway)? Kind of what I thought. But what do we all know how to do with considerable expertise?
Spend more money than we make! Thanks to easy credit restrictions and free hot dog lunches on college campuses when you sign up for a credit card, the average American has 9 credit cards and owes over $7000 to the card issuers. Never one to be content with average, I have more than assisted in raising this average over the years, and would jump at an opportunity to be rid of the crippling, debilitating specter that is indebtedness; and I suspect many in similar situations would as well (Don’t worry about me dear readers, I rehabilitate frequently with Jameson’s neat and fantasy baseball).
So what does this have to do with natural resource conservation? Here is my proposal. Rather than send a debtor to Georgia (sorry, that is an American colonies joke, and not a slight at Ludacris’ home state) enroll them in a modern equivalent of the CCC. The federal government would pay off said debtor’s obligations at a certain monthly rate in return for the debtor providing forty hours of work per week on Public Works Adminstration projects such as desalinization or other conservation projects to be determined. The debtor would receive food, housing, and a monthly stipend. In addition, by enrolling in the program, the debtor would emerge from the program debt-free with no besmirching marks on their credit history.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:50 PM
American Colonial joke for the win!
(And like I said, you’re welcome. What’s a donate box (button)?)
March 5th, 2009 at 8:30 PM
It’s where you can tithe The Camo and Matt for our continuing enrichment of your life.