Actually, the airlines create the jobs at the airport.
They don't create the security jobs. Also, there's a case to be made that without the oversight provided by the FAA, the airlines would be creating far fewer jobs because air travel would be a lot more risky.
I probably could have said 'productive' jobs. The point is that the government doesn't create productive jobs.
That's also nonsense. The government is, if you will, in the business of providing services rather than goods. Services can be very productive. Doctors, lawyers, researchers, managers and administrators, businesses analysts, and a host of other professions provide services. Government mostly covers administration, regulation, and security, along with some health care. Those are all valuable and productive. If you don't think so, take a look at the economies of countries that don't have strong government institutions and strong legal systems - they're typically poor and very corrupt. The stability that enables us to be wealthy is a service that's provided directly and primarily by the government.
Also, you and I pay for every one of those. Who pays for the cashier?
We also pay for the cashier, unless you think Walmart installs them there as a courtesy.
Who creates the need for the cashier? Not the government.
Who funded the basic research needed to develop the materials and components in the product you just bought? Who built the highways on which the truck drove to deliver that product to the store? Who built the roads on which the cashier drove to get to that job? Who built the water line that feeds the plumbing in that store? Who developed the data communication systems that allow that store to communicate with the outside world? Who enforces the laws that lower the risk (and therefore the cost) of operating a store?
Not Walmart.
The government perceives a need and fills it.
Just like business.
The government spends money.
Just like business.
Depends. No, it's not designed to turn a profit, but it even manages to do that on occasion. Regardless, the fact that it's not designed to turn a profit for itself doesn't mean that it doesn't create value. It just means that it doesn't retain the value for itself.