Posted on 09/14/2011 7:58:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
So of course all these people will want to live off Gov’t transfer payments rather than starve. They will live off “welfare” of various kinds and supplement that with off the books work and petty crime like drug dealing
In my opinion, if the regulations on minimum wage and employment were eliminated, a lot of small jobs would come back. Instead of my family mowing the lawn, I would have a small jobber mow the lawn, because I sure cannot afford the 90 dollar mowings by the local landscaper who has an enormous regulatory burden to meet.
Right you are king and know how to everything right and everyone else is a dumbass. You’ll do well in life with that fine libertarian attitude
During the Great Depression one of the slogans to lift us out of it was “Hire your neighbor”
Look, if I’m going to get crappy customer service no matter what (and generally speaking, customer service is all but dead in many if not most places in the US), I’d rather not have to pay extra to have some surly union twit screw me over, both at the point of sale and again when his union contributions fund the opposition at the ballot box. To hell with that, increase the automation levels and reduce the price. I get better service from bots anyway, and if I can’t operate it right I have nobody else to blame but myself. Unlike the slow-arsed (and not speaking in regards to mental capacity) union cashier I had to put up with last night.
I agree, small jobs done by fiat are not what I am talking about. I am talking about small jobs becoming available with good customer service because of a significant withdrawal of union-age and elimination of most minimum wage and employment laws.
So what about all the engineers who invented the machines to automate routine tasks? Should they not have done that? Are we lamenting the demise of the type writer too? Lots of secretaries out of work now don’t cha know. Perhaps computers and word processing were bad ideas. And don’t get me started on the farriers. That infernal automobile put them all out of work!!!!
Ok, cut the drama.
I am not advocating a Luddite position, technology marches on. BUT there are plenty of small jobs that have been eliminated, not because of technology, but because of government laws such as minimum wage, fear of lawsuit, now the Clown's healthcare bill (more than small jobs will be eliminated here). There is plenty of room in the world for people to pump gas, but it is too onerous for an employer to hire one, so, there is no customer service.
Hey now, don’t be bringing any of that economic common sense into this!
Considering that every single one of your predictions about Apple have been wrong, I’ll take your insult as an unintentional ‘you’re doing it the right way’ comment.
The fun part is that the left characterizes such things as McJobs and believed that they should be automated.
If you haven’t read it (but something tells me you might have) read Thomas Sowell’s excellent book “Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to The Economy”.
He talks about the concept at length of the dynamics of how people move through jobs and economic classes throughout their life.
He explains how people, politicians and analysts talk about poverty/low income earners as if it is a bucket you go into, and stay in for the rest of your life...in actuality, MOST of us make journeys through that level, but people who are motivated do not stay there.
Clue to Prissy Chrissy: Robots don't fall asleep.
If you haven’t read it (but something tells me you might have) read Thomas Sowell’s excellent book “Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to The Economy”.
He talks about the concept at length of the dynamics of how people move through jobs and economic classes throughout their life.
He explains how people, politicians and analysts talk about poverty/low income earners as if it is a bucket you go into, and stay in for the rest of your life...in actuality, MOST of us make journeys through that level, but people who are motivated do not stay there.
Have read Basic and also his Appplied Econ and every other of his books...taught my kids out of the Uncle Eric series, and econ is my hobby.
Hey now, don’t be bringing any of that economic common sense into this!
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You might want to read on and look past his limited worldview
Nope, didn't think so....
You have to go about three minutes in to get to it...it’s great!!!!
Thanks for the link, I will enjoy!
First the robots operate cameras.
Then they make their move to conquer the world.
And to think some fools are teaching some of them to shoot arrows!
Clearly, we are doomed! :-)
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