Cog wrote:You should know Newfie that federal pay and benefits have outstripped the private sector on average and did so some time ago. Unemployment is paid through an insurance program and not by me. When the laid off federal workers decide to go back to work, there are always some burger flipping openings if they get bored staring at walls.
Cutting the federal bureaucracy down to size is a very good thing. Return things to the state level where the politicians are more answerable to their constituents.
And who pays for the insurance program and welfare? The working man.
As automation increases and we off shore our production the inevitable outcome is that jobs become more and more scarce. To have a job becomes a privilege. The social compact we have means that we need to provide some modicum of social welfare to all citizens lest the arise in arms.
You should know that the purpose of many government jobs and programs of all ilks is to provide income distribution so that the masses don’t rise against the government.
It’s anothe catch 22, if you reduce government waste the. You need to find alternative means if redistributing the wealth.
A clear capitalist mind would sort this out in short order.
We hve two solutions: in erased socializing OR reduced population. Increased growth is a fools errand for obvious reasons.