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Why does this matter? Jobs are not a fixed pie of resources; productive jobs will pay for their own salary. Providing prioritized job training to those expected to benefit the most from it - which may well include Latino Americans, people with a disability, women, and ex-felons - can easily create jobs out of nothing.



While productive jobs will pay for their own salary, any business is still operating with a fixed amount of resources and thus a set number of employees it can hire for the time. Therefore (high paying) jobs are in fact a zero sum resource




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