During the Great Depression, the government established the Works Progress Administration. The program hired nearly 8 million unemployed people to build buildings, parks, bridges and roadways.

And it paid writers to write.

As part of the Federal Writers’ Project, nearly 7,000 writers were hired to compile local histories, guidebooks, children’s stories – all kinds of things. The government edited and published the books.

Much to my disappointment, no government program of such magnitude exists now – but maybe it should.

Hey, our government leaders have passed several “stimulus” programs that squandered billions on every silly pet project under the sun – contributing significantly to our inflation woes.

And isn’t our president using every trick his administration can find to make taxpayers pick up the tab for college-loan borrowers, who don’t think it’s their responsibility to........

© Yuma Sun