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jones_geoff_s 9 months ago
? What happens when technology gets so advanced that all the workers are replaced with robots?
Aren't we about there now?
Tax the robots and we all can live like the Gov't, the Military, and the Welfare recipients,
"OFF OTHER PEOPLES (ER I MEAN MACHINES)TAXES.............;-)

Then all the flamers who had a few too many beers before writing can have some one else (er I mean something) to feel better
than.

"EGALITARIANISM" it's a great concept look it up if you don't know what it means, It is what the founders of the constitution
wanted America to provide as it was written in "The Constitution."

Star Trek Failed to Cover what happens when the "Replicator" comes on line. Unlimited consumer goods, (food, clothing, shelter,
cars, etc.) that require NO HUMAN LABOR, built to atomic precision. That is closer than you think; See Erick K. Drexler's "Engines of Creation"
Nanotechnology, or www.zyvex.com

What do people do when they have everything they want for free?
Hunter Gathers used to get what they needed just by wandering around...
Agrarians planted seeds then stored them for the next planting...
Then they invented Money...
The most important commodity in the "Nanotechnology Age" Will be IDEAS (designs, patterns, methods) Not Conspiracy theories, Hate mongering, and prejudice.....

If it works keep it, if it doesn't trash it. That is what we should be doing with old antiquated "Industrial Era" ideas, besides we are in the "Information Age"; Aren't we?
jones_geoff_s 9 months ago
What ever happened to workfare?

I feel that if some one is on Welfare they should treat it like Unemployment benefits.
They should be required to look for work...
Is that a requirement already?

I also feel that Food, Shelter, Medical, and Education are basic human rights that benefit society as well as the individual. Smart people make smart choices.

Medical should be socialized, Because Capitalism is always chasing the Lowest labor cost and the highest profit. Curing a disease is less profitable than maintaining it. Take diabetes for example Stem cells have cured monkeys and mice... cancer, heart disease, AIDS. How long has it been since we have seen a cure for anything. small pox, Polio, Penicillin: How long can the new technology not find cures like these?

Education through 12th grade is already socialized. How hard would it be to extend that education 1,2,3,4 more years? Would it really be that much of a tax burden?

Shelters for the homeless should have more capacity, and get people the help they need; social services, employment, work training,
Showers, a laundry, Kitchen. Be safe.

Food could be supplemented with Community gardens this would provide a job for a person or persons in charge.

People needing work could help themselves by working for the Education, Medical, Shelter, or Food organizations.

Incentives like community service for schooling, would help people help themselves. People need work; there is so much work to be done.

Go to school work at the shelter for 6 mos. or a year. Want food do dishes at the shelter. Need medical, work in the kitchen.
Etc.....