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Re:The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row by Dylan16807 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @02:53AM (#33761263)
Jobs programs are good when they are intentionally designed as jobs programs to get productive use out of the employees.

Tossing half a trillion dollars into whatever the hell is a very bad way to spend government money.

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Re:The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row by cuteboy19 on Sunday November 27, 2022 @05:48AM (#33762003)
Jobs programs are never good. You are taking money from productive people at gunpoint and then "creating jobs" which are functionally equivalent to digging a ditch and filling it up again.
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Re:The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row by DFHippie on Sunday November 27, 2022 @07:18AM (#33762467)
> You are taking money from productive people at gunpoint ...

I really think it would benefit libertarians to get away from this particular argument. It's applicable to everything. They're making me dispose of my trash in a receptacle at gunpoint! They're making me pick up my dog's poop at gunpoint! They're making me wear pants at gunpoint!

Of course, guns aren't involved unless things get bizarrely out of hand, but the same goes for paying taxes.

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