As we all know, employers are the "job creators" and whatever they do is for the good of the economy. If they are dumping employees to maintain their current profit levels, it's the government's fault for making them do that.
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Sarcasm aside, obviously employers will tend to act in their own interests. It is unrealistic to expect them to voluntarily take on losses.
Government doesn't create jobs. Every job they 'create' is paid for by someone else's 'job.' Basic economics. Government creating jobs is as mythological as Al Gore inventing the Internet.
It's at least logically possible for a government employee to create value greater than the taxes necessary to employ them.