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by dools 1100 days ago
Money doesn’t grow on rich people, you don’t need to increase taxes on the wealthy in order to ensure full employment with no inflation risk if you use a Job Guarantee
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Making people do pointless work is stupid and cruel. If they can't do anything useful, just give them the same amount of money you were going to pay anyway.
> Making people do pointless work

Who is making people do pointless work?

Giving people money they need to survive conditional on them doing work that isn't economical is that.
> work that isn't economical

What does this mean?

Work that wouldn't be done in a free market