The powers that be was asked "how do you plan to put 36 million people back to work?"

FDR created work programs for the unemployed and PUT THEM TO WORK. The WPA or something. You know that Walt. So how come you avoided mentioning that? Thank you for your reply m'dear. I don't get how you could have "forgotten" that?

Yep ... and it was unConstitutional (per the 10th Amendment), which is why I didn't mention it.

Oh c'mon Walt! Seriously? OK well I'm not going to nail you on that though I really think you waited so long to reply because you sought a reason/excuse. You could have said immediately "I didn't mention it because it was unconstitutional". You didn't. So I expect this is some sort of saving face reply which is very disappointing. The WPA provided 3 millions jobs. The powers that be guy is contemptuous of the Constitution. It's relevance is not in existence at all and YOU KNOW IT. Boy. This is a real shock. You really expect me to believe you? Sorry. Thanks for..well I don't know what to thank you for so I leave you with this. Do whatever it is you gotta do to feel good. SIGH.

lol

You know I'm only on here when I'm working, right?
So when I post or reply, depends on when I get a break between doing my work.  ;)

And yes ... I'm well aware Trump ignores the Constitution.
If you look back to history, every President since George Washington ignored the Constitution when they felt like it.
Our much-lauded first President ordered attacks on Revolution veteran protesters for exercising their First Amendment Rights.

And Congress rarely does anything.  Same with the Supreme Court.

Here's an interesting tidbit of when a President basically told SCOTUS to "shove it":  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_v._Georgia

You ask "what use is a Constitution if it is ignored?"
Only as much use as The People keep faith in it.
If The People one day choose to ignore the Constitution, as well as the government doing so, the government will have no legitimate authority to enforce it - because they have been ignoring it for so long.

FIRSTLY thanks for not being ticked off at my reply...if you are you hide it very well. NO I did not know you work. I thought you were retired like me for whatever reason so you had all the time in the world to be here. You are one good guy so thanks for that too. And my disgust for "THE PEOPLE" is growing ever larger and stronger. Are they the problem? Could they solve the problem? Can anyone solve this problem WALT or is it one of those that can never be solved? I dunno. Thank you for your delightful reply. You know what that means though right? I KNOW whatever I say you will take it with a grain of salt in a very kind way and not make me pay for it! So that means I trust you completely. Hope that doesn't scare you. So how is stuff in your state doing? OPEN WIDE or is it being cautiously hesitant? :)

Last I heard, they (WA and OR) opened a bunch of parks.  Not the beaches, though.
Other than that, they're still "closed".

The People can solve the problem.  But they won't.  They'll continue voting in the person currently in office.  Or somebody approved by The Big Two.  Which means nothing of any importance will change in politics.  

Nothing is likely to change unless a group of billionaires decide it's in their best interest to stop giving money to The Big Two, and back a Third Party.

Have you noticed fewer people wearing masks Walt? When we were at the market Tuesday that's what I noticed first. I avoided them. As for the political way of the world I can't grasp it or comprehend it or get my brain to process it. WHY so many homo saps want more of the powers that be corrupting his way through each and every day after day after day after day. Too many moving parts for me I guess. I would think the corruption that drips from everything he does would bother them but they seem to applaud it approve of it and don't mind it at all. How can that be? See what I mean? It's like a brick wall I can't break through. So possibly probably maybe perhaps the powers that be will be re-elected....by hook or by crook! Then what? What can he do that he hasn't already done? Plenty. I don't like feeling helpless. I'm not used to it. I mean threatening to pull funding from states that allow/encourage voting by mail because he says it leads to FRAUD(even though he votes by mail) is very scarifying to me. Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Do you think having a POWERFUL third party is the answer? I almost voted for THE GREEN PARTY in 2016 but thought I'd be wasting my vote. Irony of ironies!  Happy Thursday! :) This post was edited by RosieG at May 21, 2020 2:49 AM MDT

The best solution is to have no political parties.

The next best solution is to have at least 3 political parties. 
The 3rd (ideally) would be a solid, middle-of-the-road party.
Then the extremists could have the "far left" and "far right" parties, and the common people would still have a party to vote for.

I'd rather that homo saps were fair reasonable logical and kind. I know. What am I smoking right? Nuttin'. What is the purpose of a political party anyway? Do you know Walt?  I shall ask. In my ideal world everyone would operate from the same base...logical kind fare HONEST. But ideal is out there in another world of fantasy. So second best is left right middle. I dunno. It seems to me that we the people could do better if we tried. Ya think? Thank you for your reply! :)