Does a Job Guarantee Actually Work?

The concept of guaranteed work is being floated ahead of the 2020 elections —  and it’s an idea that’s worked to varying degrees in other countries.

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00:00People want to work for what they get. So I think this idea of a guaranteed

00:08minimum is not something most people want.

01:00So I think this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want.

01:30There are some provisions in the Green New Deal resolution that I have a problem with,

01:40one being the federal jobs guarantee. If we look at that concept just broadly, we have

01:46seen how it has been tried and failed in other countries.

01:51I'm concerned that a federal jobs guarantee in real life would be somewhere between problematic

01:57and dystopian.

01:59Now is the time for a federal jobs program to create millions of decent paid jobs.