“True enough, the economy isn’t growing very much. But if you pay people to stay at home, many will do so rather than seek employment or accept jobs where the pay doesn’t meet their expectations.”
OK, the above makes sense to me.
“If more people have less incentive to stay out of the work force, they might seek jobs and help spur economic growth.”
But this doesn’t. I cannot see how anyone can create jobs unless there is a Perfect Storm of opportunity as a very FEW of our states are showing these days. And once THOSE jobs are at capacity, where will the rest of them come from? And who can just up and move to where the jobs ARE when they have nothing going for them in the first place?
It’s really frustrating, disheartening and all by design.
How can a country filled with smart people be so stupid about this stuff? I mean, we have literally KILLED ourselves at best and turned ourselves into a bunch of Slaves to Mother Government at worst!
*SIGH*
Jobseekers spurring economic growth, no, that doesn’t make sense. You don’t build capital by adding labor. But there is a connection between incentivizing sitting on the couch and unemployment, obviously. And it isn’t as though there needs be a “perfect storm” to create jobs at all. The most important thing is private capital, which would grow the economy on its own were not Fedzilla and other gubmints eating our savings.