My plan for zero unemployment: There were 14m unemployed workers in
August. The $447b stimulus package could be used to generate a check of
almost $32,000 to each and every one of them. As a condition of
receiving that check, they would be asked to work at some organization,
for profit or nonprofit, for one year. These jobs would last just as
long as the stimulus package and some of them would no doubt turn into
real jobs. Isn't this a plan everyone could support?
Not really. If you ever ran a real business you have people doing jobs that need to be done. They are leaders or followers. If one does not fit that category then get out of the way! The observation is that industry has what it needs under the current situation. Don't send us people who we cannot use, and worse who are not motivated by a paycheck based on what they do.
This is another example of academic dreaming. And I gather the fellow heads up the entrepreneurship program. If you want to become an entrepreneur my suggestion is do it and stay away from the Academy. People who do, do, people who can't, teach. So beware from whom one takes advice.
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