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Even if that were true, and I don't think it is, there are millions of jobs that are subsidized with public money and the public has no meaningful choice in the
by epups 4y ago
Even if that were true, and I don't think it is, there are millions of jobs that are subsidized with public money and the public has no meaningful choice in them. Think defense contractors, public sector consultants, etc.
- luckylion 4y ago"Jobs paid for by public money" and "completely unproductive jobs paid for by public money" are not the same though. But even if it actually was millions of completely unproductive jobs, I fail to see how that would be an argument for adding a few dozen millions more and not a reason to get rid of the ones that exist and cost us money that we could otherwise invest into important things that are currently underfunded.
- epups 4y agoBecause they are not jobs. They would free up people to other pursuits, in the hope at least a few of them would be useful. It would also be a massive boon to those who cannot make ends meet. I wasn't making the argument that every government job is useless, I was simply reminding that it's not true that unproductive private jobs can be weeded out simply with competition or customer care.