The point that presidential candidates miss, intentionally There's an ongoing race for the 12th presidential election in Iran and it's one the hottest topics in these days. One of the issues that all 6 candidates agree upon is the need for jobs. There are different unrealistic promises to create millions of jobs. The point they're missing is that there are lots of jobs out there which require skilled engineers and workers. The main problem is that people are either unskilled or too lazy to accept a job other than sitting behind a desk, doing nothing and getting paid at the end of the month! The root cause of this problem is the ineffective education system that can not provide graduates with enough skills for their jobs. There are a wide variety of reasons why things are the way they are which I'm not going to explain in this note, but the point is no candidate mentions reforms in the education system. They try to create jobs by the expansion of oil refineries and mass building of homes. According to past experiences of such projects, it's obvious that if these plans would be implemented, there would be a lot of unproductive jobs created, a dozen of corrupt people would steal huge amounts of money from the budget and in the end, no favorable output will be made. Most of those who are eligible for voting are non-far-sighted people who like this kind of jobs (hoping that they would be one of those corrupts, who get rich overnight). Those who don't want to get education system fixed for their children to solve this issue permanently, those who are too lazy to improve their skills to be able to get a decent job. Also, it's pretty obvious that construction and oil refinery projects will not create jobs for people with all different educational backgrounds. The most important groups of unemployed people here are those who did not get an engineering or medical degree. This kind of projects will not create jobs for these people.