News Bulletin: The government doesn't create anything

[jonquest]

building infastucture could and has been a great stimulus to not only the economy but the entire country as a whole. remember when you were in school and learned about things like the TVA.

improving infrastructure is a good idea when we can afford it.

any time your unemployment is high and you put people to work it stimulates the economy.

only if the work is productive. if you put people to work digging holes and then filling them back up, the economy won't be stimulated. if instead of creating a $1 trillion stimulus bill, we cut taxes, people and businesses would have more money to create new productive jobs.

but as said earleir the problem lies in the fact that the fed and state gov'ts will not be the one puting people to work but private contracters who will be garanteed to make at least union wages.

and these workers could be doing something more productive for the immediate term.

the money would come from the bridges, roads, damns, etc that are being built. it will take a while for the return. but whenever a high way is built it attracts buisness wich pay taxes wich pay for the highway.

i agree, but we don't have the money to build these things right now. these would be great ideas after we cut spending and had some money to spend.

but with the dipshits running our country right now it would end up costing us 3 times as much as it would generate.

agreed.

jonquest Reviewed by jonquest on 03-29-2009. News Bulletin: The government doesn't create anything Government jobs are notoriously less effective than private sector jobs. Therefore, any effort by the government to create jobs is, in effect, destroying wealth. Building up our infrastructure is not a stimulus, it is a cost. Sure, our roads and bridges need to be improved and upgraded, but to say this will stimulate the economy is boulderdash. First of all, where does the money come from to pay for the wages of these new government workers? Does it come from production? No. It comes Rating: 5