Hm. Taking you semi-seriously for a moment. there is certainly plenty that needs doing that doesn't require a lot of skill. I don't see the religious organizations stepping up in a big way, but a government program with reasonable wages and benefits including transportation and child care could put millions of people otherwise nearly unemployable to work. Knocking about 5% off the defense budget would free up nearly 60 billion a year for that, enough for a $50,000 pay and benefits package for a million people, with enough left over for administration and other overhead. They would be doing something useful and have OJT and experience that could help them get other, better jobs in the public or private sector if they have what it takes to be competitive. If they don't, like I said, it pays them to do things that need to get done: infrastructure repair, paperwork, home care, tutoring, veteran services, planting trees, cleaning roads, heck, sweeping floors and washing dishes.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
