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Slightlydifficult t1_ivfb7pn wrote

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.

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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.

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Pbleadhead t1_ivhzpl5 wrote

PPI > CPI.

aka: companies are not price gouging.

your argument is invalid.

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uasoil123 t1_ivhzsik wrote

Yeah they are

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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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