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Government's Don't Create
Jobs
by Glenn Woiceshyn
Published in the Globe and Mail (pg. B2) on Jan/31/1996.
Dear Editor,
Re: Letter by Infrastructure Minister Arthur Eggleton--Jan/25/95--The Globe and Mail
According to Infrastructure Minister Arthur Eggleton, government infrastructure "investments"
on bocce courts and whatever "create jobs." But where does the government
get its money? Ultimately, by stealing it from those productive individuals who really
do create jobs.
If a bankrobber spends his loot, does he create jobs? If a thief steals your credit
card and spends it to the limit, is the thief a blessed job creator? According to
Mr. Eggleton's logic, yes.
Until our politicians stop evading the difference between a producer and a thief,
or between voluntary action and involuntary (coercive) action, we can expect employment
and prosperity to keep declining. And, we can't expect moral behaviour from the thieves
who are not politicians.
Sincerely,
Glenn Woiceshyn
© 1997 Glenn Woiceshyn. All rights reserved.
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