Katrina's Aftermath - Call for Public Works

I hate to write posts that amount to nothing more than:"Yeah, what he said!!!," but I think Athenae (and everyone else in the link-to chain) is right on in what she says here, regarding the role of government and the call for a massive WPA-style public works program to rebuild the Gulf Coast. And I figure, getting the idea out in front of as many eyeballs as possible ain't gonna hurt, either.

CHICAGO (AP) - The C-E-O of the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas says the government should launch a public works program to deal with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

John Challenger says a program similar to the Work Projects Administration created by President Roosevelt during the Depression would give hope to the unemployed through jobs.

The W-P-A put thousands of Americans to work building schools, bridges, roads and other infrastructure. Challenger says the thousands of jobless and homeless in the Southeast could be employed to rebuild their cities under a similar program.

This is exactly what needs to happen to rebuild, to keep the economy from stalling and to help rebuild the lives of the hundreds of thousands (millions?)of people whose lives were shattered by Katrina.