"funding a bridge to nowhere"?

Ontem ouvia no Facebook Camilo Lourenço chamar a atenção para a falta de escrutínio sobre uma série de temas relevantes para o nosso futuro próximo. Por exemplo, sobre o lay-off ouvem algum contraditório? Alguma voz contra?

Por aqui, nos últimos tempos escrevemos:

• Não vai ser nenhum 'lay-off' que as vai preparar para essa transição ( parte I e parte II)
• Sacrificar a economia, para salvar a Segurança Social?
• E a zombificação?

Ontem, no Wall Street Journal em "Europe Looks to End Paid Leave", apanhei:

"Europe’s strategy of placing tens of millions of workers on paid leave has succeeded in stemming the widespread unemployment seen in the U.S., but now governments across the continent are grappling with how to wean companies and workers off the support.
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“We’ll have less clients that’s for sure. So that means we won’t need as many employees,” Ms. Querard said. Still, the restaurateur prefers to keep her staff on the state-subsidized payroll in the  hope that one day she will be ready to reactivate them all. “We just want to create a bridge.” For many governments, the matter boils down to whether they are funding a bridge to nowhere. If European firms become hooked on subsidies, it will be a costly addiction.
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Mr. Scarpetta said governments across Europe are discussing how best to modify the programs. The point is to avoid propping up zombie companies that have no realistic chance of reviving their activities.
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Lars Feld, chairman of the Council of Economic Experts that advises the German government, worries that if the crisis continues deep into 2021, the government’s wage support will keep alive firms that aren’t viable."

Para mim é claro:

A CIP dá mau nome à iniciativa privada.