[napa15]

That already exists in the form of minimum wage + an economy that isnt bad. Going to that extra step to say that government should provide the job itself is just an admittance of failure that the economy is so bad that there are no good jobs and the gov has failed to provide an environment for them to be created.

[snakeboy]

Isn't the societal benefit received by public works a key component of the parent's proposal? I don't see how the jobs outlined would be accomplished profitably by a private entity.