“It will create government jobs, which is a drain on the economy, not a benefit.”
A very important point. Robbing Peter to pay Paul does not an economy grow. Having the word job in the same sentence where the word government appears, is an oxymoron. Public servant, could be used and an economic impact statement required for all public service employment.
The cost of government is frequently and conveniently left out of the economic equation.
We currently have a zero sum (or worse) economy. Meaning Gov't can only grow at the expense of the private sector. Useless Gov't hack regulators versus the productive private sector and the people working in it
I had a conversation with a liberal who thinks government jobs improve the economy. He said “government workers spend their money, which goes into the economy and helps boost it” or something like that. But he refused to accept the fact that the money was already in the economy before government took it away and gave it to some government worker to be taxed twice. And there is no wealth creation in government—it doesn’t use one dollar to make two more. It can just throw it away because taxes will never stop coming in.