[paxys]

> Jobs for the sake of bragging about how many people are employed is just as useless.

Not at all. Giving unemployed people useless jobs and paying them for it is great for the economy, and has been successfully used as a form of economic stimulus several times in the past. You are giving money to people who need it the most and will spend it in the local community and keeping them busy/out of trouble at the same time. Plus they have some skills for their resume when the job market improves.

[vmception]

That’s not a private sector problem

[jkestner]

Private sector is part of an economic whole. Something something about Henry Ford giving his workers a wage high enough to buy a car.