Jobs guarantee for young people
What it actually does
The Greens would set up a 'Jobs for Young People' programme guaranteeing 16- to 24-year-olds who have been out of work for six months a pathway into a local job, such as maintaining infrastructure, restoring nature or filling gaps in community services.
Source: greens.org.nz · 2026-10
The Trump take
“A job guarantee from the government? I'm the jobs president, but real jobs, private jobs. Planting trees for the government — I don't know, maybe they should learn to golf.”parody
Why it scored this way
Big government
State-funded job creation programme
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Dislikes it
Welfare
Guaranteed government-arranged work
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Dislikes it
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