Make-Work

“If all we want are jobs, we can create any number — for example, have people dig holes and then fill them up again, or perform other useless tasks. Work is sometimes its own reward. Mostly, however, it is the price we pay to get the things we want. Our real objective is not just jobs but productive jobs — jobs that will mean more goods and services to consume.” –Milton Friedman

Looks like The One is a little shallow in his thinking.

Borrowed from the Red Planet site. The folks over there have a way of drawing a picture that describes what people are thinking.