Socialism?

If you believe that the best way to employ people in this country is through government control of the production and distribution of goods and services, then it is socialism and you are a socialist.

I'm not sure where you got this idea?

My ideas involve going back to some of FDR's programs before WWII, reviving something similar to the CCC that would rebuild our infrastructure repairing roadways, bridges and state and national parks, etc... Yes, this would be a government-supported program. But it would employ many, many people at all skill and educational levels. It would require engineers right along with ditch-diggers. Talk about a feeling of accomplishment! In turn, our country would rebuild and repair an aging system. This isn't to say that private industry wouldn't have a role, but the government would oversee the program.

Would this eliminate poverty? No way. Would it help to hire many who are unemployed and stimulate the economy? Absolutely.

That's just one idea.