>Job guarantees say we work together–through a centralised power–to build big things. Handing everyone cash leans more towards arts and crafts and consumption.

Creating busywork doesn't strike me as a particularly worthwhile endeavor, compared to idleness.

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JumpCrisscross 10 hours ago | parent [-]

> Creating busywork doesn't strike me as a particularly worthwhile endeavor

Make work isn’t the same as busywork. As another comment mentioned, the Hoover Dam isn’t useless busywork.

	▲	fluoridation 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And as I mentioned, the Hoover dam is also not the typical example of the kinds of projects guaranteed job programs generate.