It's pretty simple. Which is why the leftist can't get it.
You are a shoemaker by trade. But you cannot make a living without the tools, equipment, location, advertising budget etc etc that you need.
I am an entrepreneur. I can supply money.
I hire you for X amount. I supply equipment, supplies, etc etc. You repair shoes for a set amount and when business is good I make a profit. From that profit I hire another shoemaker and earn even more, even while paying 2 salaries instead of one. Customers get a quality shoe repair job, so keep coming back.
We buy leather, needles, shoelaces, etc and keep lots of other people employed. Customers willingly give us money and we provide a needed service that saves them money on buying new shoes.
This can continue indefinitely. Along the way everyone pays taxes, so gov't benefits.
VS.
You are a budget analyst by training. I am a bureaucrat. I hire you at a specific wage to work in my dept. You get paid out of tax receipts paid by people in the private sector. While your job might be vital, no one is paying you directly, and no one gets much of value back directly. No one chooses to do business with you. You produce no profit. And our bureau does not pay taxes on its own. The arrangement lasts only as long as tax revenues can continue to fund your salary.
So we see that gov't jobs are not sustainable jobs. They last only as long as there is revenue coming to the gov't.
You are a shoemaker by trade. But you cannot make a living without the tools, equipment, location, advertising budget etc etc that you need.
I am an entrepreneur. I can supply money.
I hire you for X amount. I supply equipment, supplies, etc etc. You repair shoes for a set amount and when business is good I make a profit. From that profit I hire another shoemaker and earn even more, even while paying 2 salaries instead of one. Customers get a quality shoe repair job, so keep coming back.
We buy leather, needles, shoelaces, etc and keep lots of other people employed. Customers willingly give us money and we provide a needed service that saves them money on buying new shoes.
This can continue indefinitely. Along the way everyone pays taxes, so gov't benefits.
VS.
You are a budget analyst by training. I am a bureaucrat. I hire you at a specific wage to work in my dept. You get paid out of tax receipts paid by people in the private sector. While your job might be vital, no one is paying you directly, and no one gets much of value back directly. No one chooses to do business with you. You produce no profit. And our bureau does not pay taxes on its own. The arrangement lasts only as long as tax revenues can continue to fund your salary.
So we see that gov't jobs are not sustainable jobs. They last only as long as there is revenue coming to the gov't.