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Re:U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166B by trophycase on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:28PM (#19180065)
"Creating jobs" is a silly argument. Literally anyone can create jobs if they are useless. Here's a shovel, go dig a hole then fill it back in.
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Re:U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166B by blattimwind on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:34PM (#19180122)
> Here's a shovel, go dig a hole then fill it back in.

That's ... actually how it's done, yes. Besides dam construction the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschsee is a nice example of literal hole digging.

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