Slightlydifficult t1_ivfb7pn wrote
Reply to comment by uasoil123 in Humanoid robots could generate $154 billion in revenue over next 15 years, Goldman Sachs reports by Gari_305
Honestly, yes. Politicians on both sides are failing to understand that autonomy is on the horizon and that there’s a very real potential of mass unemployment over the next few decades. I lean conservative but it seems to me that we need to have some sort of universal income, likely paid by a tax on companies that automate their businesses. When people don’t work a combination of financial stress and boredom could quickly lead to civil unrest.
uasoil123 t1_ivfbyez wrote
To allow universal income to become viable, you also need other things like universal healthcare, some type of control on rent/housing prices...basically anything that stops landlords/companies from price gouging tenants/customers ...which they will do as we can see the current economic environment with companies taking the oppertunity to price gouge on gas, groceries, everyday items.
Pbleadhead t1_ivhzpl5 wrote
PPI > CPI.
aka: companies are not price gouging.
your argument is invalid.
uasoil123 t1_ivhzsik wrote
Yeah they are
Pbleadhead t1_ivi3fxi wrote
PPI > CPI
8.5% > 8.2% (for September (most recent data) year to year)
According to the official government resources, No. They are not.
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