[m101]

This would be a terrible idea for all sorts of reasons. I will start with a few questions.

How would you determine the wage level of the govt?

How would you differentiate pay at the govt?

How would you prevent govt sector bloat and excessive spending?

How would you ensure people put in the work required at the govt if they were guaranteed a job?

[fragmede]

Government pay scales is public knowledge. You'd pay based on seniority and function. You'd have an outside committe audit the jobs. You'd have KPIs and fire people that weren't performing, same as you would at a business.

The government already exists and has solved these problems before, I don't know why explicitly having jobs programs would be any different. Calling for UBI is a failure of imagination. As a society we should take care of those on the lowest rungs of the ladder, but there's more than enough work and thus jobs out there to be done, the only problem is funding them. If the government paid out $100 for every tree planted, we'd do well for the environment and have a whole lot more gardeners.

[howeyc]

1. Federal min wage would be a good place to start.

2. Uh, the same as now? Just because you work for the government doesn't mean you earn min eage. I'm pretty sure Generals make more than $15k per year.

3. People that have jobs spend money in the economy to buy things. Private sector economy benefits from this.

4. You would have to do tasks to get paid. It's a job if you want it. Not forced. The idea is to curb unemployment.

[m101]

Unemployment is not a bad thing per se. Unemployment for a long time for an individual seeking employment is a bad thing.