[kristopolous]

The jobs argument can be made for just about anything. People use it when nothing else is valid.

Everything creates jobs. Car crashes, wild fires, drug dealing, sex trafficking, aerial bombing campaigns, it means nothing. Exxon Valdez was the greatest job creator of any ship that sailed that year.

When people say "jobs jobs jobs" just stop listening. Seriously, just walk away. They're saying it's of no value whatsoever and they have to fall back on perennial truisms

[frankbreetz]

The argument for closing roads and sidewalks is not "jobs, jobs, jobs" It is "You must perform on going maintenance of our infrastructure, or it is going to crumble and become unusable" Do you think people just close roads so someone has a job?

[kristopolous]

Nah. Closing roads is perfectly valid. Infrastructure is super important. Large construction can be dangerous and it's a great idea to block the public from hazardous risks (like moving giant beams suspended from cranes, an accident of that slipping and killing people sounds like a legitimate risk)

I live in LA, roads get shut down for silly TV shows all the time and that's fine with me as well. Entertainment is important for people's happiness.

Jobs arguments are scams though