An article in Bloombergbusinessweek (January 28, 2013) describes the impact of work share programs that enable access to Federal funds to support a fraction (70 % or so) of a worker’s wages when the employee works at least 40 % or more of usual hours. An example company cited is Saint Gobain, a producer of plastics, whose employees availed of the program by working 70% of usual hours temporarily until the economy improved. Will such rollbacks of working hours supported by Federal support generate the estimated $1.64 for every $1 invested ? Or will it just postpone the hard capacity reduction decisions that are necessary because of the distortion caused by the government subsidy ?