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In reply to the discussion: Let's be honest....nothing progressive can happen under HRC as president. [View all]wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)... ahead of the full-blown Workforce development bill in '98. Work force development is an American economic development approach that attempts to enhance a region's economic stability and prosperity by focusing on people rather than businesses. It is essentially a human resources strategy.
This was a continuation of a JFK idea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_Opportunity_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce_Investment_Act_of_1998
Similarly, Bobby Kennedy argued that increased government cooperation with private enterprise would reduce housing and employment woes in the United States.
http://www.4president.org/brochures/rfk1968brochure.htm
He sought to remedy the problems of poverty through legislation to encourage private industry to locate in poverty-stricken areas, thus creating jobs for the unemployed, and stressed the importance of work over welfare.
http://rfkcenter.org/robert-f-kennedy
THAT was your RFK jobs program.
Your entire diatribe is completely void of facts and peppered with more your famous soothsaying.