Re: City of Beijing announces Job Gaurantee

[Bruce McFarling <ecbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 21:36:58 -0800, John O'Donnell
<jackodonnell@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Bruce McFarling wrote:
>> Hopefully what will happen as a result of HAVING an
>> ELR/JG programme in place is an avoidance of a dole and
>> all the vile consequences of developing a dole subculture
>> among those who presently face long term exclusion from
>> employment (one of those consequences being, of course,
>> the right wing dynamic of blaming the victims of that
>> subculture for their exclusion, and then moving in the
>> direction of an American-style system).

>More presumptions based on flawed analyses of macro economic
>causes. Rather than being concerned with the dire
>consequences of putting some on the dole, address the
>problem by putting all on the dole with the consequence of

If the dole is income support payments received by
unemployed unable to find work, how can everyone be
put on the dole, other than by throwing everyone out
of work?

As to the rest of it, I have argued for a switch in tax
burden away from employment taxes and toward resources
taxes (in other fora) on and off for years ... but just
because I agree with one element of your programme does
not persuade me that the model you have developed is
useful.  It still seems like representative firm modelling,
the pitfalls of which are well established, and there is
no evidence from what you write on this list that you have
made any effort to avoid the pitfalls.


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