Driftwood wrote:
In theory, if city, state/provincial, and federal governments were to create jobs by hiring even just to clean up garbage on city streets, highways, etc. on an 8 hour shift, 5 days per week, tens of thousands of jobs would be created.
Oh, no. You can't do that. It would stigmatize the poor, degenerate, lazy people.
Driftwood wrote:
Another way would be to pass legislation forcing companies to do business within the country. Outsourcing only increases unemployment.
Great idea. Let's pay top dollar for mediocre labor and see how large we can balloon the trade deficit! Welfare by any other name is still welfare.
Driftwood wrote:
Those who cannot work due to physical or mental disability would be eligible for benefits...
Um, they are. It's called Social Security.
Driftwood wrote:
as would those who have been fired or laid off from their jobs, but they would only receive benefits for a limited time.
Um, they are. It's called unemployment benefits.
Driftwood wrote:
If you can work, you work, and a job is created for you.
Sure, because money grows on trees (or in the pockets of actually productive people). Let's just harvest more. 90% taxes for everyone making over the poverty line!
Driftwood wrote:
Third, make education more easily available. Many people cannot find jobs because they are unable to afford post-secondary education. A cut in tuition fees would enable more people to go to college or University. Some improvements to the public education system would also help.
The world needs ditch diggers, too. There are plenty of jobs out there for people willing to work. You may not like tarring roofs, but it pays better than welfare and unemployment.
Driftwood wrote:
Finally, offer better incentives for companies to hire more full-time employees.
Corporate welfare, too? Sure. Why not? We can become an economic wasteland even faster!
Driftwood wrote:
Economics are not my strong suit, so I could be mistaken on some points about what's actually even possible and what's not or even if they're already being done, but these sound like good ideas to me.
You should have led with this. It would have saved people the time spent reading through that crap.