‘Non-essential’ jobs
No job is ‘non-essential’ to the person doing it. That income keeps a household solvent. And the spending of that income makes untold households solvent. It’s called an ‘economy’. Government bureaucrats, who create nothing, build nothing, and innovate nothing, decide what is ‘essential’? Not a single politician will miss a dime of salary. Notice most government functionaries are ‘essential’? BS. And those that are furloughed will return with ‘back pay’? That deal simply isn’t available for the lowly masses. If it isn’t ‘torches and pitchforks’ time, I’m not sure what it will take to make it so.
That ‘non-essential’ job is also a taxpaying entity. Loss of that job immediately turns that person from a tax-positive into a tax burden, via unemployment and any ‘stimulus’ funds they may acquire. Now I am not begrudging the former employee one dime of assistance—that job loss was not due to laziness, poor job performance, or natural job obsolescence. That loss was due to governmental reaction to attempt to stop COVID-19 spread. Period. Whether those actions were too little, too much, or just right will be decided in hindsight, but the impacts are plain and inescapable. The government shut down one of the most vibrant and successful economies in the history of ever. From record low unemployment numbers, in all sectors, to record first-time unemployment filings in literally three weeks. So yeah, government is responsible, financially and otherwise, for those newly unemployed people.
Unfortunately, even in an EMERGENCY situation, more help didn’t get to the worker—pet projects, totally unrelated to the emergency, got funded instead. Take note of those priorities, folks—you little people are far down the food chain in importance to these scoundrels. In addition, many governors and mayors took this opportunity to impose their own view of ‘essential’. Liquor stores are open, Walmart is open, but flooring installers, churches, and beaches are closed? Again, make notes of these local priorities, too. If they do not align with yours, take that attitude into the voting booth next opportunity. Many levels of government put themselves and their agendas ahead of the voters, and they should lose the role of representing those voters.
