Overview

World wide unemployment is one thing, but have you ever thought about what the "employed" are actually doing? When juxtaposed, these two factors show a dramatic picture. It shows that the level of technology and the over-all productive skill level of the population can no longer support 6.7 billion people. At the same time, the United States has a labor force of young people which is generally not qualified to do much more than pick their noses.

The future of mankind will depend, most generally, upon our ability to foster, in our younger generations, the scientific and technological know-how to rebuild our physical-productive capacity: to rebuild our infrastructure, and our space-program.

In that light, Lyndon LaRouche has called for the creation of a modern Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to offer today's youth generation the necessary skills and cultural orientation to carry forth a 'true' recovery of our economy. President Franklin Roosevelt's historic CCC proved to be a success and today, with both the nation's economy and the future of the youth at stake, it is time to revive this policy.

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1. Create Real Jobs for Rebuilding The Country

By Nancy Spannaus. LaRouche’s plan for reviving the CCC concept calls  for a crash program of bringing youth into working on  projects  for  basic  economic  infrastructure,  under  the  supervision  of  skilled  workers  who,  themselves,  are  probably out of work at this point, but who can be mobilized to come either directly into the CCC program,  or into firms which would be subcontractors for the national  projects. 

2. The FDR Model: Put Millions to Work Rebuilding the Nation

By Marcia Merry Baker. In November 1933, at the direction of President Franklin Roosevelt, his emergency relief administrator Harry Hopkins established the Civil Works Administration, putting 800,000 people to work within ten days, and almost 2 million to work within two weeks.Could we do it again, today? Absolutely.

3. The Concrete Action Required!

By Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. this is an excerpt from Lyndon LaRouche's "Emergency Legislation, Now!" which provides a clear overview of the productive work that these youth would eventually be involved in.

• A Policy for Universal Military Training

By Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. The following proposal for universal military training (UMT) comes from a Presidential Campaign Paper, entitled “Military Policy of the LaRouche Administration,” which was issued by on Aug. 15, 1979.

• The Army Corps of Engineers Tradition: A Crucial National Science Resource

By Pamela Lowry. In 1825, John Quincy Adams was inaugurated as President, and the American System of Political Economy came into its own. Engineering projects that were begun for improving the general welfare also brought the realization that the nation as a whole benefitted from improvements that were made in any area of the country.

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