The Works Progress Administration was created in the 1930's to address the problem of mass unemployment, help with some unmet social needs, and create a new spirit of hope and optimism. The WPA set people to work on the nation's declining physical infrastructure, helped create new works of art, taught the young, and generated a new sense of purpose in many people who had been in the grips of despair.
The problems of the 21st Century are radically different, and government...
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