I tend to agree. however the problem is not too many idles workers, it’s not enough work. Putting older workers on the sideline when they can still contribute is a waste of money. I don’t have a solid solution, but we have to think in terms of creating more work that produces tangible results. Instead of debating whether child care is infrastructure — it’s not — we should be building a cheap high speed, wide bandwidth national wifi system. WE should also be looking at reforming high schools so they can strat taching kids how to read, write, do a little math, and most impoirtatnly think independantly, creatively and