Hypocrisy anyone?

I've recently heard one of the leaders of Polish opposition assure voters that if his party wins the elections, they'll change the law so that in the time of a severe economic crisis, the government will be required to create a certain amount of public sector positions and recruit the unemployed to fill them. Those positions, the politician said, should be targeted especially towards recent college graduates in search of their first job.

So let me get a few things straight here. Public education in Poland (including college education) is funded entirely by the state. Politicians (also those from the very same party) defend this status quo fiercely, and one of their main arguments is that investing in human capital makes sense because it reduces unemployment. In other words, they're saying that the state should fund students' college education, because if it doesn't, they'll have trouble finding jobs. And also that if an education that was state-funded because it helps find jobs, doesn't help find jobs, then the state should fund jobs.

Why don't we skip the education silliness altogether and just give everyone a public sector job when they turn eighteen?