Are jobs a governments responsibility?

“A person has a talent to create something people need. He creates said object and sells it. The demand grows and therefore he can hire people to create more of these things.

Where does a government come in? Why should a government come in?”

When the person creating the thing people need has an unfair monopoly over the product and is able to use it as leverage over everyone or when that same person creates something people need in such a way that it is harmful, knows it is harmful, and sells it anyway. If there were no regulators, it’s a sure bet product safety would take a dive. It’s cheaper to make lower quality items, and if every merchant is selling crap, where else are consumers going to go?

As for your job question, I say if the government exists to help its citizens, then it should do so in any way it can.

I don’t really know anything about economics but I think taxes are good to the extent of minimal safe security and wellbeing of said nation. I believe that government should protect the nation and that’s it, even if it’s from itself. If the nation fucks up economically then the government should provide guidelines to help to certain nation authorities but not implement them themselves because their focus should be most on our protection and well being. Economy (i think that means money stuff) does not mean well being. If well being was to be compromised then the government could intervene in the allocation of resources.

Well, Ayn Rand certainly thinks that benevolent monopolies exist, that’s pretty much the entirety of the plot of Atlas Shrugged.

For me, I think of benevolent monopolies in the same way as I do the concept of a benevolent dictator: I’ll believe it when I see it!

The trouble with expecting consumers to recognize their own self-interests (health and safety) and spend their money accordingly is that it presumes they have full information about the products they’re buying. A manufacturer is not going to just hand out that information freely if it is damning to their product. Who but a powerful consumer advocate can get this information and hand it out to the consumer? Who has the power to demand this information from the manufacturer? I think this is the government’s role.

If you believe in the natural balances of the free market, then I feel you ought to be against monopolies — without competition, the hegemonic power has no incentive to provide fair pricing or superior product. Muscle out the competitors and you can sell whatever you want.

In theory a new competitor could come into the market and undercut pricing or provide a superior product, but in practice it is exceedingly difficult for the small business to compete against a huge corporation with the money and power to smash the little guy.

in my humble opinion, the government (at least in the US) has way overstepped its rightful duties. protect our borders and leave me alone. the fact that it can now affect my personal life and medical life (reproductive rights) is scary.

i want something that can have absolute power and use it horribly to have the least power. hope that makes sense.

in relation to this specific incidence where the government would be putting its hands in our job sector, i’d say it’s unnecessary there as well. the people can handle it. if we’re unhappy with our job situation, we have the means with which to fix it. we don’t need government handouts and bailouts.
we need a community that is willing to give their own handouts and bailouts to fellow members. anything a government can do, we can do better.

When a company abuses the consumer and makes unsafe products, the customers will not want to buy those products… which then another person will arise with a talent to create something better that people need. He creates said object and sells it. The demand grows and therefore he can hire people to create more of these things.

The loop works just fine, there is no need for government. Like insurance agencies, these organizations thrive on those with victim mindsets.

Well it is the governments role to create and maintain the conditions where jobs can prosper, and ideally it would be to make sure pay is equitable, not just for the qualifications one has, but for the work load. The fact is that other than the legal protections, these issues are economic, the governments play there part, but sovereignty is really in the hands of the commercial and industrial entities. Otherwise it is called communism.
If you think about how laws are, or are supposed to be, they are not emotional reactions they are cold and logical. Do not start throwing feelings around in matters of politics, that is trouble.