The union flogged notion that government jobs can build our economy is pure rubbish
Unions may still think governments make jobs and create value, but Doug Ford should know better
As writer/commentator Mathew Lau argues, "the purpose of government programs is not to save employment".
Read his comments at the National Post website at:
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/unions-may-still-think-governments-make-jobs-but-doug-ford-should-know-better
Mr. Lau's good sense prescriptions will no doubt be condemned by the unions and social-justice warriors as anti-social, and pro-capitalist. However, the evidence supports Mr. Lau.
Government jobs, at ever increasing extra-ordinary levels of compensation, may produce some social value to society, but increasingly less and less value as time wears on.
Jobs in the economy which are productive pay for themselves in creating economic value, which benefits everyone - because they increase wealth in society.
It is not just wealth for a few rich people, but also for productive employees that are generally paid higher wages and benefits. Through more taxes paid by business and employees governments get the money they need to provide better infrastructure such as highways and urban streets, better mass transportation, better education, better health care, and other services that support productivity and a better standard of living.
We should all be aware that government bureaucracies always deteriorate into over-paid sinecures for most useless paper-pushers who hide from the public behind never answered phones and unreachable office palaces where bureaucrats dream up more and more regulations and red-tape that hampers or prevents productivity.
The federal bureaucracy is the indisputable example of that. Over the last 200 years our economic system, not governments, has provided such increases in our standard of living, that all productive people (and those who are, through no fault of their own, unable to be productive) can and do enjoy, so that many people now live at such a high standard that would make the wealthy of 100 years ago envy us.
The general rise in longevity over the last several hundred years in Canada is a sure demonstration of that. Look at the vehicles we drive, the houses we live in, the clean water systems, the highways we drive on, the health care we get, the vacation homes we own, the travel we enjoy, the toys we play with, and give your head a shake. These perks of productivity and increased standard of living are enjoyed by many employees in our economy. If you look around you, you will easily see that.
As writer/commentator Mathew Lau argues, "the purpose of government programs is not to save employment".
Read his comments at the National Post website at:
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/unions-may-still-think-governments-make-jobs-but-doug-ford-should-know-better
Mr. Lau's good sense prescriptions will no doubt be condemned by the unions and social-justice warriors as anti-social, and pro-capitalist. However, the evidence supports Mr. Lau.
Government jobs, at ever increasing extra-ordinary levels of compensation, may produce some social value to society, but increasingly less and less value as time wears on.
Jobs in the economy which are productive pay for themselves in creating economic value, which benefits everyone - because they increase wealth in society.
It is not just wealth for a few rich people, but also for productive employees that are generally paid higher wages and benefits. Through more taxes paid by business and employees governments get the money they need to provide better infrastructure such as highways and urban streets, better mass transportation, better education, better health care, and other services that support productivity and a better standard of living.
We should all be aware that government bureaucracies always deteriorate into over-paid sinecures for most useless paper-pushers who hide from the public behind never answered phones and unreachable office palaces where bureaucrats dream up more and more regulations and red-tape that hampers or prevents productivity.
The federal bureaucracy is the indisputable example of that. Over the last 200 years our economic system, not governments, has provided such increases in our standard of living, that all productive people (and those who are, through no fault of their own, unable to be productive) can and do enjoy, so that many people now live at such a high standard that would make the wealthy of 100 years ago envy us.
The general rise in longevity over the last several hundred years in Canada is a sure demonstration of that. Look at the vehicles we drive, the houses we live in, the clean water systems, the highways we drive on, the health care we get, the vacation homes we own, the travel we enjoy, the toys we play with, and give your head a shake. These perks of productivity and increased standard of living are enjoyed by many employees in our economy. If you look around you, you will easily see that.
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