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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by rangibaby on Friday December 18, 2015 @08:13PM (#10762130)
The busybody jobs are actually a social policy. At some point the government decided it was better to have full employment than idle hands, which is why Japan has such a low crime rate.
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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by derefr on Friday December 18, 2015 @11:00PM (#10762562)
How much does that cost? Could the US afford to do that? Why aren't we talking about "the successful example of Japan's public stimulus in job creation" as an alternative to e.g. basic income?
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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by Cyberdog on Saturday December 19, 2015 @02:33AM (#10762961)
I guess it's only successful if you're one of the types that think that government debt doesn't matter.
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