Running_Man
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2006
- Messages
- 2,844
Let's say that 95% of the people who will build the bullet train are already employed at something else.
And, they happen to have more valuable job skills than the 5% who are not currently employed.
It seems to me that building the bullet train means taking that 95% away from the other stuff they are doing. That other stuff won't get done. I don't see "something for nothing" here.
In your example you are stating that their is an inflationary aspect to the workers needed. If 95% of all workers needed for a job are already employed then the project would not be undertaken as the industry would already be at full employment.