Other people doing my work for me, part 1
I wanted to rant about this dopiness, "Bill ending [North Carolina] new-car inspections dies," but Duke's Mike Munger does a beautiful, thorough job.
The answer is that the charade is the point. It's important. If we admit that most government "services" are actually just the new mercantilism of protecting zero-productivity jobs, then we would have to think about getting rid of the jobs. And then where would legislators get their campaign money? They'd have to talk to actual voters, instead of lobbyists. Ick.
But the jobs ARE shovel-ready.
Posted by: Joe R. | May 21, 2012 at 11:52 AM
The constant fetish of politicians for "jobs" and "job creation" is one of my pet-peeves. I think it's evidence of a failure to understand some basic economic concepts?
Posted by: Speedmaster | May 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM