Posted on 03/11/2019 9:33:12 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Speaking at SXSW over the weekend, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voiced her view that people shouldn't be worried that automation might be about to wipe out their jobs.
It's an unusual take, because the perceived wisdom is that rising automation will adversely impact both blue- and white-collar jobs, laying waste to factory workers, lawyers, and anyone else who does repetitive work that could easily be automated.
The thinking goes that these people will either need swift retraining or will need to survive on government handouts. Meanwhile, the moguls who actually own the robots will accumulate wealth by laying off expensive human workers in favour of cheap robot workers. Think Jeff Bezos — already the world's richest man — running an incredibly profitable Amazon, which is already being heavily automated by robots.
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Do robots make $15/hour?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Like a bad science fiction movie — A Tax of the Giant Robot!
The mandated minimum hourly rate led companies to buy robots. Anytime something is successful, leave it to the left to tax it to death.
AOC thinks we’re all ants and she’s the queen.
A Tax of the Giant Robot
Adding that to my dad joke collection.
And registered to vote (D), no doubt.
I believe I called this one about fifteen years ago.
Aoc believes people who are able to land jobs
As toll collectors, would be better served being
Scientists and artists while their replacement robot
Pays the tax bill.
Umm, yeah., see there’s a problem aoc.
Someone who is maximizing their potential
Making change, probably isn’t missing out
On developing the next engine for nasa.
But some of those SAME companies pushed for the higher wage and even gave it on their own.
probably knowing full well they wouldn’t need those folks soon because of robots
Hey, Bimbo...the robots won’t take your sh!t like we do.
That’s all we need, Robot’s bitching about their tax rates.
Would it really be fair to text a robot who has only one arm and no legs?
Don’t the Democrats have any empathy for the disabled?
Socialism: Everything can be fixed with a tax because the answer to everything is a tax and if you cannot pay the tax then there is a prison for that.
She’s the queen of idiots. And morons.
“But some of those SAME companies pushed for the higher wage and even gave it on their own.”
Major corporations backed the higher minimum wage because they have economies of scale, greater automation, the ability to automate while their competition from smaller companies and mom-and-pop businesses do not.
As long as the lame street media and Dummycrats continue to give her a voice every day, her nonsense will continue.
Simple answer - give robots the vote!
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