Needed – a new WPA or CCC

After roughly chiding both Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama for, in different ways and with different excuses, claiming they didn’t know the economy was this bad six months ago, Bob Herbert says the country needs something like FDR’s jobs agencies, like the Works Progress Administration or Public Works Administration. Or, even better, the New Deal exemplar, the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Given our crumbling infrastructure, that’s one area that needs the help for sure, and it’s high on Herbert’s jobs list.