Modeled after Civilian Conservation Corps. (“C.C.C.”), which is largely attributed with helping dig the country out of the Great Depression, Civilian Restoration Corps (“C.R.C.”) is an up-to-date version of the C.C.C.. 

The C.R.C. will create tens of thousands of jobs throughout Iowa:

  • Installing highly-efficient, automated community gardens in every town and city; this will be augmented via expanding Iowa’s Right to Garden Act.
  • Installing solar power, cool roofs, thermal curtains, and other low-cost, energy saving measures to homes and rental properties in order to reduce energy bills for homeowners and renters. Through the Crop Diversity and Enrichment Act, farmers can get in on solar energy producing crops, including hemp and pokeweed berries.
  • Providing farmers with well-paid farmhands; people can apply for jobs through a new state portal called FarmHire, where in turn farmers can find state-sponsored employees. What farmer doesn’t have a barn full of stuff they could use a hand with?
  • Fixing crumbling roads and bridges; construction crews will be able to expand operations through hiring C.R.C. employees who are interested in construction work.

How C.R.C. will be Funded

Iowa Commonwealth Act – taxes multi-millionaires and billionaires in order to subsidize and raise minimum wage, with larger subsidies for caregivers for the disabled and elderly. Economists agree that subsidizing the minimum wage is smarter than raising the minimum wage. When CEOs earn more than $20 M per year, it is okay to talk about taxing them at higher rates in order to improve the welfare of all Iowans. This will raise the quality of life for all Iowans – the wealthy and the poor – because “a rising tide lifts all ships”. John Locke, the most quoted political author by the Founding Fathers, described the ideal government as a “commonwealth”, for which The Commonwealth Act is named.

Sensible Housing Act – (coming soon)

A Replicable Model

C.R.C. will be modeled in Iowa. It will be designed so that it can be replicated in other states and other countries. Although the core model will be the same, C.R.C. can be customized to meet the needs of local communities.

 

Community Garden Logistics

  • Building highly-efficient food and herbal medicine gardens throughout every town and city across Iowa, thereby guaranteeing access to the right to garden to all Iowans. C.R.C. employees will:
    1. Research the most efficient gardening techniques yet discovered,
    2. Create database entries for numerous types of herbs and garden crops, then enter them into the database that is being used to create Gardens Across Iowa! App™,
    3. Our App Developers will use the entries to finish developing the App so that it operates as intended;
    4. Business sponsors will help fund the founding of Civilian Restoration Corps. Sponsors receive in-store certificate, in-app advertising enhanced by location services, and they make special offers available exclusively through the app. Customers receive special offers once/month from each sponsor via thanking them for sponsoring Gardens Across Iowa,
    5. The App will be help our team to engineer and develop a model garden which we are seeking to have located on the Iowa State University Campus, on the northwest side of the walkway which connects Beardshear with Curtiss Hall – see Figure 1. between the Agro. Plants which require more sunlight will be located on the south side of the garden, and hoses will be automated to make the garden as hands-free as possible. Rain caches will feed into soaker hoses used for straw bail gardening,
    6. Garden will be monitored and improved until peak efficiency;
    7. Expand and Improve Iowa’s Right to Garden Act;
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Figure 1: Proposed location for C.R.C.’s Model Garden

Install Solar Power and Energy Reduction Measures onto Homes and Rental Properties

  • Install solar arrays and provide energy reduction measures onto qualifying homes and rental properties throughout Iowa.