Suppose the government is currently paying them $10 for a fake job. That's a loss of $10. Now suppose the municipal garden is worth only $5/hour. If we instead

Suppose the government is currently paying them $10 for a fake job. That's a loss of $10. Now suppose the municipal garden is worth only $5/hour. If we instead shut down the fake job and paid them $10/hour to create $5/hour of value, society would only lose $5 rather than $10. All I'm proposing is France should get something instead of nothing.