Tuesday 10 November 2009
Conservatives argue that government programs that pay the unemployed to work in those vacant factories would be “inefficient” or would burden our grandchildren with huge obligations. Yet what could be more inefficient than allowing nearly a sixth of our workers and a third of our factories to sit idle? And as for future generations, their ability to pay debts will depend on the strength of the underlying economy, which is being eroded day by day. John Buell ☀
