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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
This is a good start. Automation and robotics are replacing the need for workers more and more with each passing year. As a result we have a glut of potential labor which is marginalizing more and more of our population.
We need to get used to he concept of paying people not to work to prevent labor surpluses just as we have paid farmers not to grow certain crops to prevent commodity surpluses.
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This we agree on!
I have been thinking a tax on automation and robotics would be a start. The tax to be used for training and support of workers affected.
Barney