Of all the ideas out there on how to pull us out of the economic mess we’re in, none makes more sense than the program laid out by the AFL-CIO and a coalition of civil rights groups and other organizations.
The program stresses government-funded steps to create jobs, while meanwhile providing expanded financial relief to those who have not been able to find jobs. The AFL-CIO and its allies already have launched a nationwide campaign aimed at winning support from the White House and Congress for the program — and already they’ve won pledges of sup¬port from some 200 members of Congress.
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