[ClassyJacket]

Nah, people always spin this as "the horrible evil communist government is killing 800 JOBS!!!". Happened in Australia a few years ago - the parties on both sides only spoke about it as purely a negative thing because of loss of jobs, not a peep about carbon emissions or other pollution.

[Panzer04]

Jobs are the dumbest argument anyway.

It's obviously better to produce X with 0 jobs than X with 100 jobs. Most people just don't seem to understand that economically instead of accruing some benefit to 100 people, everyone else gains marginally instead.

I absolutely hate political parties harping on about job creation, like that's the goal. No, the goal is value creation, hopefully for society as a whole, in the most efficient way possible.

[macintux]

The problem is that value creation is meaningless to people who are losing their jobs. Homelessness sucks.

[Panzer04]

Like it's impossible to get another job?

We can't babysit people their whole lives, nor should we subsidise jobs that don't need to be done. I recognise I'm privileged in saying that, but even so the vast majority of people get by without special treatment to preserve their jobs (every worker in retail and hospitality).

There is no reason, usually, to give special treatment to these jobs.

[macintux]

I'm just pointing out why, in your words, we see "political parties harping on about job creation".