The United States employed the homeless to build Hoover Dam during the Great Depression, it was a project to create jobs for desperate people, and back then there was nothing out there in Nevada, they built Hoover Dam from 1931-1936, but they were planning to have water for a huge city, plus in order to have more water for Los Angeles, etc.
Then in 1946 Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo casino, which attracted the masses to Las Vegas. The Italians ran gambling ships off of the coast of Santa Monica during the Great Depression, people could go out to sea and they could go to gambling barges and they could party and gamble. So, there was already an attraction for Americans with gambling. And the Cowboys always played poker, and roulette, etc. The casino in Las Vegas was a huge success, and Hoover Dam created Lake Mead to supply everyone with water as Las Vegas grew into a World Class City.
Today Las Vegas is home to 650,000 people, and Vegas is the fastest growing city in America. The dam that the desperate people built during the Great Depression went on to serve America in great ways.
We can plan ahead as we develop America, and we can put the homeless and the desperate people to work building dams, and building aguaducts, and building high speed trains, etc.
And we need to build a high speed train between Anaheim and Las Vegas to connect Vegas with Disney for our tourists. Both Vegas and Anaheim depend on Tourism, and our tourists would love to have a high speed train between Anaheim and Vegas.
Salute,
Tony V.