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25 October 2011 The 'job creation plan' of foolsThe broken window fallacy is shockingly commonplace in our BahamasOn numerous occasions I have heard people say how their irresponsible behaviour is excused because they are "giving people work to do". For example: littering. See, if you throw your fast food bag out of your car window when you're done with it, someone will have to pick it up. That person has more work to do, therefore their job is more secure and you are 'helping them out' by creating more work activity and therefore, they can get paid. Forgetting a few things that anyone with half a brain would know (such as, the unsightly mess, the attraction of disease vectors like rats, and the basic concept of personal responsibility), the 'broken window fallacy', as it is known (not to be confused with the crimonology-related 'broken windows theory'), is essentially flawed. Here's a short video that helps explain why:
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Which is why our government should sell Bahamasair. It lost $21 million of taxpayer dollars in the last fiscal year and private airlines are willing and able to handle this countries air travel needs. When politicians spend our money they don't care because it's someone else's money not theirs. We must demand the sale of these corporations that are a drain on the treasury such as ZNS TV as well Bahamasair.