Why government job training programs do not make people productive members of society

The numbers are a hypothetical example to demonstrate a point not based on tax or work history of real individuals.  This example is based on the false assumption of a balanced budget in reality money is created out of nothing in the present system and paying taxes does not actually contribute to financial payment of individuals.

I have seen ignorant people proud of their participation in government job creation programs, acting as if they are being on their way to being a productive member of society.  So I pay taxes for the government to pay them to work for a corporation or to train to work for a corporation.  This is lose lose.  I am literally working extra hours to pay them to work extra hours.  If I literally just handed them the money directly between the two of us we would work less combined hours in total and I would not work anymore extra hours.  For example if I got paid $20 an hour but was taxed $60 out of my paycheck to pay them $10 an hour I am literally working 3 extra hours to pay someone else to work 6 extra hours for a corporation that doesn't pay them anything to work because I just paid them $60 and even though I paid them $60 they do not do any work for me but for the corporation.  Together between the two of us that is 9 wasted hours.  Now if I don't get taxed and just gave them $60 to do anything they want between the two of us we only wasted 3 hours, them wasting zero hours and me wasting three hours of my time.  Now alternatively if I did not get taxed I could also pay them for $60 of work to help me instead of paying them $60 to work for a corporation in a government job training program.  These corporations are parasites and working for one at my taxpayer expense does not make you a good person.

Copyright Carl Janssen 2020 May 4