We can guarantee a job to anyone willing and able to work, at minimum wage, to help rebuild damaged infrastructure of towns and cities
Most economic commentators say that though our infrastructure is being destroyed, we must wait for “structural reform”, external investors, growth and then job creation before we can reap greater tax revenue for the fiscus to fund the necessary work and create jobs.
Look around you and at photographs in newspapers and online. The jobs are depicted in stark reality — no job “creation” required. Roads, municipal buildings, railway stations, water infrastructure, sewerage, homes for the elderly, early childhood care centres, clinics, hospitals, schools, toilets, police stations, low-income houses, damaged ecosystems ... all require refurbishing, maintenance, construction or substantial cleanup.
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