It's NOT the role of the government to be everyone's employer....an even FURTHER EROSION of our rights.

The Franklin Roosevel Depression-era government created work in every sector out of necessity brought about by the fact that the free market had been so corrupted that it was collapsing.

It is a difficult thing when a government has to bypass a sociey to set it right after it has gone off the rails. It smacks of interference and meddling even when it is motivated by compassion.

Roosevelt was hated for it, too, by capitalists everywhere.

But it was effective in setting up the playground for the largest expansion of middle class prosperity thew world has ever seen.

There have been other instances that were less effective: bailing out Chrysler, and saving the banks during the current bad-credit crisis, are examples that come to mind.

Jack has a very good point: there's a clear distinction between handing out dough and organizing productive resources and tasks when society is too broken to do so.

For decades, the two places a man could turn when he had no employment available were the United States Post Office and the U.S. Armed Forces. They have been hierers of last resort for the nation time and again.

No-one seems to think this is tyrannical. It just keeps the wheels of society ticking over a bit better.