> Check the statistics. I'd love to. Link? > Why else did the people under Plan Jefes CONTINUE doing their jobs - kind of for free, really - after the jobgua

> Check the statistics. I'd love to. Link? > Why else did the people under Plan Jefes CONTINUE doing their jobs - kind of for free, really - after the jobguarantee was replaced with an income guarantee? Again, link? I can't find any reference about that program dropping the work requirement. > I don't expect a job guarantee to provide only unskilled jobs, either. I didn't claim that. Finding useful work for skilled laborers is far easier than for unskilled, and unfortunately most of the unemployed are the latter, which is why that is the more difficult problem to solve. Edit: From your other comment: > Yep, the question is whether as a society you'd rather have them building bridges and schools or forming bands and writing (mostly pretty bad) poetry. Again, bridges and schools are built by skilled laborers. Employing them is not that difficult part of this plan. Also, its not a direct trade-off. Employing someone for a set salary is far more expensive than just giving them that money. BI becomes an easier sell when you recognize that PWA is both less effective (what about the people who can't work?) and far more expensive.