The Value of Jobs

 

What is the value of jobs?

Many.  A lot.

TO THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES:

1.  Food on the table

2.  Security

3.  Shelter, clothing, comfort

4.  Good life

TO THE ECONOMY/SOCIETY

1.  Consumption that drives demand and sales of product and services

2.  Sales and Value added taxes

3.  Revenues for the local government

4.  Peace and order from police and military

5.  Infrastructure construction:   roads, bridges, public transport

6.  Salaries and benefits for civil servants.

TO THE MAN ON THE STREET, SAY JEEPNEY FARE OF PHP 8.00

The fare goes to:

l.  The gasoline station owner

2. Salaries of the gasoline boy;

3.  Utilities of the gasoline station

4.  Vat paid to the government;

5.  To the jeepney station barker

6.  To the earnings of the  jeepney driver which benefits his family

7.  To the sampaguita and yosi vendor;

8.  To the turo turo near the jeepney station

9.  To the repair mechanic

l0.  To the vulcanizing shops

11.  To the policeman/traffic enforcer on duty

12.  To the oil refineries and their distributors

l3.  To the tankers carrying crude from ME to the PHL  (owners and seamen crews)

14.  To the Arab oil producers

15.  The drillers and rig manufacturers

16.  Geologists and oil exploration companies.

And the cycle repeats.

So the jobs are empowering and multiplying.

Who create jobs?   Entrepreneurs and their officers/leaders/managers.

Creating jobs is nation building.





HOW ABOUT JOBS to APPLE:

1.  From loss to profitability;

2.  Blockbuster products like IPAD, iPhones, ITunes

3.  Almost $l00 billiion in cash in Apple treasury.

Not to mention the suppliers,dealers, distributors of Apple products.  And that includes Samsung.

Jobs is gift of entrepreneurs to the world economy and society.

Unfortunately, the US and Europe, they may be in short supply.

And in the US, JOBS is gone. (I am punning)

JUS