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Americans Want More Than Just Money to Live On
Since work offers such important social benefits along with an income, government should adopt a New Deal-style jobs program.
It worked before.
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Donald Trump’s election as president should have reminded liberals that Americans want more than money from their work. They responded to Trump’s promise of jobs more than to Hillary Clinton’s promise of government benefits because in addition to money, people also need dignity, a sense of self-reliance and respect within their community. For centuries, jobs have provided all of those.
To say that work is disappearing would be an exaggeration. But despite the low unemployment rate, fewer Americans have jobs than in years past: