We already basically do this by paying people to provide services (either directly through government, or indirectly) which are essentially unnecessary for production. Or by over-staffing government agencies above what is needed to actually do the work.
This is super common in the middle east. You can make $200-400k/yr doing a make-work bureaucratic job, provided you're a local.
This is super common in the middle east. You can make $200-400k/yr doing a make-work bureaucratic job, provided you're a local.