Use of Public Funds in Curbing Unemployment (Essay Sample)

Use of Public Funds in Curbing Unemployment: "Some people argue that the government should give every unemployed person a mobile phone and should make sure they have access to the internet. They believe this is the best way of using public money to reduce the problem of unemployment. To what extent do you agree or disagree?”
Solomon Chege
Unemployment has been a constant problem that many governments seek to eradicate and many viable solutions have been set forth. The proposal to give every unemployed person a mobile phone with internet access as a solution to curbing the problem seems to be futile and a waste of public money.
First and foremost, many unemployed individuals already own mobile phones and have internet access. According to Duggan (2013) 90% of Americans already own a mobile phone with over 60% of them having internet access. Despite this increase in the number of mobile users over the past years, it is notable that unemployment rates rather than decrease have also risen. Therefore, this is evidence that mobile phones access does not have a great impact on decreasing unemployment.
I agree information access is important for any individual seeking employment and can be achieved through mobile phones but it remains that a high number of people already owning such tools of information access do not know how to use them and therefore spending government funds in such cases would be a big loss. In case the government was to successfully carry out such an extravagant endeavor, it would call for extra government expenditure in educating the population on how to use the mobile phones to access employment information. Otherwise, most of the people would just use the free internet access to visit social sites or other unproductive internet sites.
And despite all that government expenditure many individuals have been noted to refuse to work even when a suitable job is availa...