The only condition under which I would support an MMT-style Federal Job Guarantee is if the program were done on a liberal-socialist basis through publically-owned industry and in conjunction with a social dividend.
That is to say, I'd support FJG (ELR) if all the jobs were in publically-owned for-profit enterprises and the profits of said enterprises were divided up evenly and distributed to all citizens as a social dividend. This would basically be a socialist FJG with a UBI.
I also want a land value tax as a form of public ownership of land & all revenue from LVT to go to a social dividend. Plus, a Negative Income Tax in which people with incomes below a certain level have a negative tax (subsidy) rate, thereby guaranteeing them a minimum income.
Also, I want monetary policy simplified so that the Fed aims to hit a nominal GDP target by "printing" money and distributing it to the citizens as a social dividend. When the Fed needs to print money, they should give it directly to the ppl rather than to banks and speculators.
Cf. this thread for more on the NGDP targetting through a social dividend idea: https://twitter.com/ekklesiagora/status/1310099167386181632
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