Because my comment follows guidelines, I presume some disagree with this opinion. Perhaps you&#x27;re young and haven&#x27;t worked out the true meaning of most paid work. I remember reading about a study about 15 years ago that assessed what proportion of various countries jobs actually contributed directly to production, e.g. mining, agriculture, etc, as opposed to &quot;made-up&quot; jobs like law, taxation, etc. Australia had a mere 7%, though other developed countries weren&#x27;t much higher.<p>Not many jobs in law and justice contribute to catching and rehabilitating criminals who break laws that hurt others, and even then everything&#x27;s done in triplicate (prosecution, defense, judge). Most legal jobs revolve around crimes that don&#x27;t harm others, and civil and business law.<p>If the types of people who don&#x27;t go into business don&#x27;t have jobs, they might revolt and in some other way challenge entrenched power structures. So the government makes laws to maximize the number of people in work.