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Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :

Why is it that no-one likes the word make-work?

For example, http://www.bartleby.com/59/18/makework.html

And yet, homeless people aren't really considered that reliable by employers, so wouldn't make-work be the perfect opportunity to prove them wrong, get used to working again, help the society, and learning would obviously be incorporated in such a program.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

Because so many of us still remember how to spell CETA! (Comprensive Education and Training Act)

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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so many of us still remember how to spell CETA! (Conprensive

Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :

I was gonna say....

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

I'll have to blame that one on a CSSC. (Civil Service Spell Checker)

Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :

Just wiki'd it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CETA

Liked this part:

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The intent was to impart a marketable skill that would allow participants to move to an unsubsidized job.

Don't like the rest.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

That was the "good idea" in practice it didn't work well. It was replaced by the JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) which put all training funds under the control of a board which had at least 50% private business representatives. It worked well. Now it has been replaced with the WIA (Workforce Investment Act) which consolidated several funding sources and retained the private sector controlled board. Make Work shouldn't be a problem any more when the board does its job.

Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :

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so many of us still remember how to spell CETA! (Comprensive

For the record it's spelled 'comprehensive.'

I think people dislike make-work (or busywork as we call it in the states), because most of us like to pretend that we make or will make meaningful contributions to society. I mean if we need money anything that pays is fine, but if we can find a job that pays, and makes a difference for the better somehow, most people are happier. On the other hand programs like the CCC and the WPA seemed very effective during the Great Depression in the US. But these projects ended up making a rather large impact on the world today (for the better or not is an argument, but the Tennessee River project still provides electricity to a large portion of the rural south, even if it is killing off lots of rare freshwater mussels and fish species). And the need for employment was much more extreme than in any first world country today.