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BOG PERSON

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5. i wish the government would step up

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:35 PM

Jun 2012

and just start finding stuff for unemployed people to do in exchange for like a guaranteed minimum income. not only would that rescue a lot of americans from becoming part of the surplus population, it would go a long way toward restoring the public's trust in the government too.

but it would also probably distort labor demand + generally pervert the natural outcome of market forces, i.e. consigning a big chunk of the labor force to the surplus population. so what i wish the government would do is politically unfeasible.

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The Job Market Crashes to Earth [View all] xchrom Jun 2012 OP

Add jobs just to update the US's infrastructure and what happens? lunatica Jun 2012 #1

bullshit. if that's the case, the world ended under gwbush spanone Jun 2012 #2

Here in Brownbackistan you can get hired for 40+ hrs in 6-days a week at a little better than $11@hr patrice Jun 2012 #3

Betcha some sweeping tax cuts for the rich would fix this in a jiffy! Mister Ed Jun 2012 #4

i wish the government would step up BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #5