Of course it would be make work jobs. But the pay is aimed to be lower than ~98% of the jobs out there. Even McDonald's pays more than $6 an hour. The idea is

Of course it would be make work jobs. But the pay is aimed to be lower than ~98% of the jobs out there. Even McDonald's pays more than $6 an hour. The idea is that this would be a job of last resort. A way for people who can't even hold down a job at McDonald's to at least learn what it means to work. The other point is that it allows people who can't hold down normal jobs not to starve, will not giving them an incentive to go on welfare just because they would rather not work at all. We'd be better off paying people $6/hr to get training in a marketable skill, or to search for work matching skills they already have. Government job training programs have a long history of not working at all. For entry level jobs, the best training is on the job. At a low level, the basic skills needed are: getting to work on time, being reliable, not dropping the f-bomb on your boss, etc. The point of a guaranteed job program is to be that very basic step into the workforce.