start handing out fee money and the number who feel they deserve free money will start to grow and quickly
Universal Basic Income
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Well, I am talking about North America.
Forty years of falling manufacturing employment
Despite being a leading driver of employment growth for decades, manufacturing has shed employment over the past 40 years as the U.S. economy has shifted to service-providing industries. This article looks at the broad employment trends in manufacturing over the past 40 years, as well as the...
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Agree but I feel people who are autistic, down syndrome, bound to a wheelchair(not fat lazy people). Deserve to have a decent standard of living. People who choose not to work...fuck'em.
some people are born with disabilities or get severely injured at some point which prevents or severely limits their ability to work. life can be cruel
a decent society will support these people
that is quite different from UBI
pay people not to work and far too many wont work
Canada's GDP per capita is already stagnating and falling behind our trade partners
standards of living are determined by a nations productivity >>>> GDP per capita
very few people jump out of bed in the morning, rip roaring to go to work , hence the invention of the snooze button
but eventually they arise to be productive because there is incentive to work . need to pay the bills.
A discussion of North American manufacturing , while ignoring the rest of the world ?
what is the name of the economics course that taught you to pretend competition does not exist ?
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We can all celebrate that the guy in Asia has a few bucks more but that does help the guy here.
And even in Asia, automation of those jobs is a concern.
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stating the obvious that competition is fact of life is not celebrating the guy in Asia
stating the obvious that competition is fact of life should " help the guy here" recognize the fact he needs to compete
(apparently some do not recognize facts of life right away)
gee our competition has challenges and concerns too ?
i wonder who will address the challenges and concerns better ?
i wonder who will address the challenges and concerns better and improve the standard of living of its citizens ?
Oh
Oh. I forgot. Everything is fine. Back to competition. Nothing to discuss here folks.
I did not say that
what part of the following made you think we do not have challenges and concerns ??
you might want to consider upgrading the comprehension skills, after all its a competitive world out there
The bottom line is I can see that you have no knowledge of manufacturing employment levels in north america in recent history.
wrong , i an well aware of manufacturing employment
The bottom line is I can see that you have no knowledge of manufacturing. economics , trade or even human nature
its not as if nobody ever predicted job losses to robotics for the last 50 to 70 years
its prediction that has become .........a fact of life
this is getting almost to the point of being cruel.
you should move on
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An economy is a complicated, dynamic system that can never be fully understood or controlled.
1: Marxism is a failure, over and over again
2. Supply control management is a failure
3. Monopolies and oligopolies are toxic
4. Unions are past their prime and should be abolished. Imagine taking a third of your wage for what? Gangsters
5. Taxation needs to be kept at 1/3 of all income.
6. Government cannot be all things to all people. Grow up!
7. The nanny state needs to be dismantled
8. As things seem to be going south maybe its time we all left for greener pastures
1: Marxism is a failure, over and over again
2. Supply control management is a failure
3. Monopolies and oligopolies are toxic
4. Unions are past their prime and should be abolished. Imagine taking a third of your wage for what? Gangsters
5. Taxation needs to be kept at 1/3 of all income.
6. Government cannot be all things to all people. Grow up!
7. The nanny state needs to be dismantled
8. As things seem to be going south maybe its time we all left for greener pastures
move on from making you look the fool ?
OK, that was not much of a challenge
maybe you should consider a career change into the robotics industry rather than spending your time blaming technological advancements for your problems
I disagree. Wealth disparity arose from the liberalization and reduction of tariffs, most notably after the Soviet collapse and subsequent acceptance of low-cost producers around the world as viable trade partners. This kind of trade funnels money to wealthy individuals and large corporations. Also, it would not be "picking and choosing" winners if it is based on a hard metric, like GDP-per-capita. As for a trade war with the US, optimally the US would be on board and adopt something similar. They have the same wealth disparity issue.
And no, I'm not saying it won't be painful, I'm just saying it's either this or a UBI, because eventually this wealth disparity is going to become unsustainable. People are already hurting when most of whole generations can't afford a home, or to raise a family. Our government keeps increasing handouts to compensate, but it's not effective, and clearly very expensive given our ballooning debt.
Imposing tariffs is less government than implementing a UBI, in my opinion. But my bet is we'll end up with a UBI, because there's not enough political will to address the wealth disparity issue properly.
