> So effectively these were government subsidized jobs. Hey now, without government-subsidized jobs we'd have millions out of work if you take into account not

> So effectively these were government subsidized jobs. Hey now, without government-subsidized jobs we'd have millions out of work if you take into account not only government agencies but also the US military. While I think this specific version of government-subsidized jobs (pumping gas) feels forced, I think the government creating jobs is a great thing on the whole. The New Deal was a great example of this, created 20-something million new jobs for a decade or so and pulled us out of the great depression. Now if we want to talk about truly bad government-subsidized labor it revolves around private companies abusing our welfare systems by paying their workers starvation wages cough Wal-mart cough.