You've got millions of construction workers who've been laid off as a consequence of the housing bubble going bust who are ready to get on the job.

WHITEHOUSE: Meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness | The White House

We should be training the young men and women who have been displaced as a consequence of Katrina to provide basic services like environmental cleanup and construction work.

NPR: Sen. Barack Obama on Poverty and Katrina