While Rand only mentioned teen unemployment in passing, in fact that rate is far higher than for seniors. Writing in The Washington Post, Frank Ahrens said unemployment among black teens hit nearly 50 per cent last November. For some kids, serving as a look-out for drug peddlers is the only job available.
Obviously, Washington needs to rechannel dollars from its foreign adventures to benefit the home front. It needs to repair the highways, upgrade mass transit, revitalize the national parks, and build the public works just as President Roosevelt's "New Deal" did in the Thirties. That blueprint not only got the country on the road back to full employment but the roads and bridges and public schools were built to last and to benefit future generations and they have.
Right now the military-industrial complex is looting America of its wealth and taking the public for a ride----a ride to the poor house.
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(Sherwood Ross is a Chicago native who formerly reported for major dailies and wire services. He currently runs a public relations firm for good causes. Contact him at sherwoodross10@gmail.com)
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