Government cannot create jobs Virtually all government jobs are paid for by taxes taken from corporations and private citizens. That represents money that cannot be spent on improving products, inventing new ones, etc. Obviously some government functions are necessary, like patent office and courts. But the vast majority of the bureaucracy represents dead loss--money thrown down a pit.
Like pay for police and firemen.
Policemen and firemen are grossly overpaid, especially when it comes to their pensions.
Who you gonna call when your house is on fire or there is a prowler in your yard? The CEO of the Bank of America?
Envy much? You too might have been a fire fighter or police officer, but for the civil service test, the psychological evaluations, the background check and the three or four interviews you would need to have passed.
Then you too could be out in the cold, working graveyard on Christmas Eve and putting yourself in harms way. Today you would be happy to have that pension, well earned by those of us who had the smarts, skills and education to be secure such employment.
BTW, what do/did you do for a living?
