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The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ
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« on: December 31, 2020, 07:39:58 PM »

Skeptical, but open to being convinced. Government-led job creation programs are helpful in economic recovery, but I just don't see this as a sustainable way to end poverty. Job creation shouldn't be an end in itself, because the end result is unnecessary jobs that cost more than they generate. Bernie's plan has merits in that I think there is a lot of infrastructure development that could be done in the US which would create millions of jobs, some temporary and some permanent. But "guaranteeing" employment implies creating jobs for every kind of worker. You'd either have to train millions of workers to learn the skills that can actually be put to use by the government at all times, or you'd have to create jobs based on what the unemployed but searching people are already competent at.

At the very least, it should be designed so that the jobs that the government creates are either permanent jobs for things the private sector can't/won't/shouldn't do, or temporary gigs for stimulus when businesses are struggling. Both are things that already happen, but ramping it up would be a great idea. That said, you can't guarantee universal employment like that. Guaranteeing implies creating jobs even when there is no demand for it, and that's an excellent way to waste public money while undercutting private businesses that are already doing it.
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