{"id":2062,"date":"2010-09-14T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2010-09-14T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T17:19:02","slug":"federal-make-work-betrays-teenagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/14\/federal-make-work-betrays-teenagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Make-Work Betrays Teenagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from the June issue of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fff.org\">Future of Freedom Foundation&#8217;s <\/a><strong>Freedom Daily <\/strong>magazine &#8211;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFederal Make-Work Jobs Betray Teenagers<\/strong><br \/>\nby James Bovard<\/p>\n<p>Politicians now pretend that government spending can solve any and all ills. Sloshing out federal funds for local summer job programs exemplifies this delusion. <\/p>\n<p>Uncle Sam first began bank-rolling summer jobs for urban teens in 1964. It was decided that government should hire any low-income teen who couldn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from the June issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation&#8217;s Freedom Daily magazine &#8211; Federal Make-Work Jobs Betray Teenagers by James Bovard Politicians now pretend that government spending can solve any and all ills. Sloshing out federal funds for local summer job programs exemplifies this delusion. 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