“Does anyone have any idea how much revenue would be generated by putting 40 million plus people back to work?”
How much would we get if folks who were on sometype of assistance could do necessary jobs or maintenance that governments have no money to pay regular employees to do?
I know some localities allow folks to work off their property taxes that way, exchanging tax liability for needed work and computing the “virtual” hourly wage then applying it against their taxes. I think a volunteer system could be set up in the same way to reduce our national accumulated debts. I stress volunteer because such a system could be used to enslave people leading to revolt!