Health insurance is expensive because of government restrictions. The sort of health insurance that would be appropriate for a healthy person under the age of 30 is illegal and would probably cost about $1000/year.
Plumbers making less than $20 an hour? In any big city, if you're paying less than $100/hr for a plumber, either you or the plumber is probably doing something illegal like unlicensed work.
New tech creates new products that people want, in addition to making existing products less labor intensive. Overall, we're richer for having the televisions, cameras, radios, cars, airplanes, dishwashers, electric lights, etc. that new tech has made possible.
Less labor for existing stuff, and a lot more stuff if the total amount of labor remains relatively constant. People want stuff, and they'll work to get it as long as they're not allowed to steal it (or the government steals it for them.)
If there's a pothole in the road in front of your house, do you fix it yourself? If you don't, or the government forbids you from fixing it, either you're a part of the problem or the government is.
The infrastructure was built in the first place; do you think it's more expensive to just maintain it? Funding would not be a problem if the government were not paying people to not work.
Inflation (as technically defined, the increase in the money supply) has been fairly steady at 7% annually for a decade. This has not been reflected entirely in increased prices in part because alert people are building up cash reserves rather than bidding up prices by buying stuff. Should the causes behind stockpiling cash suddenly disappear, expect the value of the dollar to fall about 30% in a year - what the ignorant call inflation.
Original fine art. Custom furniture. Individually fitted clothing. Any time you want something unique, something nobody else has, either you do it yourself or you pay somebody else to do it. That "somebody else"'s activity is a job.
A different perspective is to look at population trends. As the industrial revolution increased the efficiency of farming and created better machines for transportation and other purposes, population exploded. This explosion occurred despite a reduction in raw birth rate, because more infants lived. These additional people found jobs outside farming, indeed they had to because farms had all the labor they needed.
The fact that population increased dramatically is proof that there were jobs to support them. Otherwise, they would have died early.
Regularly as in 7 articles in the past 2 days. I suppose it depends upon how perceptive a person is in detecting leftwing clickbait. Or rightwing clickbait for that matter, there seems to be plenty of that also.
There is no limit to things people are willing to pay to have done if the price is right. "Willing to pay to have done" is a job.
For instance, consider just the possibilities for lawn care and gardening. Plant my lawn with alternating one foot squares of bluegrass and fescue. Maintain that pattern by removing each blade that has grown beyond its square. Each week, replant my garden with fresh flowers. Water the garden daily. Harvest the fruits and vegetables. Build a raised garden. Lay a stone pathway. And on, and on.
Job openings will not disappear as long people want things done and they're not forced to pay more than the work is worth to them.
The conservative alternative to the welfare state is no unearned money to individuals or groups of any sort. UBI is not conservative.
Liberals are far from unified on means testing, but hearing them whine about the poor would seem to imply that they think that welfare is already better than UBI. That conclusion implies that liberals use logic to comes to conclusions, which is demonstrably false.
Multiple forged IDs, collecting one UBI for each ID. Think we have a problem with illegal immigration now, just imagine how bad it will be with no incentives to work.
"The devil finds work for idle hands" is not just religious tomfoolery, it's an observation of human nature. With time on their hands, people have to do something to fill the hours. Some people will choose destruction - it's a lot easier to destroy than create. Expect an increase in rioting and looting.
The purpose of such systems is to foster abuse and dependency. People who think the intention is benevolent are being duped. Politicians and theorists who promote such systems want power and enjoy the sniveling degradation the system causes.
You have absolutely no idea of what a libertarian is. Any government that takes enough to keep everyone alive is not libertarian, and cannot be anything but big.
In your conversations with like-minded coworkers, did it ever occur to you that forcing some people to provide the means to live to other people who refuse to work, is fundamentally immoral?
"A future without jobs" is a future without production. No production means no food, no fuel, no electricity, no new clothing, no new shelter. Death by starvation for 90% of the population within a month.
five different CPU architectures one of which is indigenous to China
Intel released the 4004 in 1971. How many different CPU architectures have been developed in the US in the intervening 45 years? I'm responsible for one, and I'll say that in most cases it's not a big deal.
The use of 'k' instead of 'c' in "America" is a half-century old leftist insult implying that the Ku Klux Klan is inextricably tied to the philosophy of the U.S.A.. In fact, the KKK is the military arm of the Democratic Party - always has been, always will be.
Vital services need to come under the eyes of government
That's why we've had tight regulation of electricity providers since AD 1000.... Oh, wait, there was no such thing as an electricity provider then, and it wasn't and isn't vital.
Both Standard Oil and Alcoa were effectively monopolies for many years, because they ruthlessly reduced prices and increased capacity to practically shut out potential competition before it could arise. Increasing business volume is the best way to increase profits.
In a government "business", the incentives are different. Managers increase their power and income not by providing better or more service, but by increasing the number of subordinates (which tends to make service more expensive.)
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Health insurance is expensive because of government restrictions. The sort of health insurance that would be appropriate for a healthy person under the age of 30 is illegal and would probably cost about $1000/year.
Plumbers making less than $20 an hour? In any big city, if you're paying less than $100/hr for a plumber, either you or the plumber is probably doing something illegal like unlicensed work.
New tech creates new products that people want, in addition to making existing products less labor intensive. Overall, we're richer for having the televisions, cameras, radios, cars, airplanes, dishwashers, electric lights, etc. that new tech has made possible.
Less labor for existing stuff, and a lot more stuff if the total amount of labor remains relatively constant. People want stuff, and they'll work to get it as long as they're not allowed to steal it (or the government steals it for them.)
If there's a pothole in the road in front of your house, do you fix it yourself? If you don't, or the government forbids you from fixing it, either you're a part of the problem or the government is.
The infrastructure was built in the first place; do you think it's more expensive to just maintain it? Funding would not be a problem if the government were not paying people to not work.
Inflation (as technically defined, the increase in the money supply) has been fairly steady at 7% annually for a decade. This has not been reflected entirely in increased prices in part because alert people are building up cash reserves rather than bidding up prices by buying stuff. Should the causes behind stockpiling cash suddenly disappear, expect the value of the dollar to fall about 30% in a year - what the ignorant call inflation.
Original fine art. Custom furniture. Individually fitted clothing. Any time you want something unique, something nobody else has, either you do it yourself or you pay somebody else to do it. That "somebody else"'s activity is a job.
A different perspective is to look at population trends. As the industrial revolution increased the efficiency of farming and created better machines for transportation and other purposes, population exploded. This explosion occurred despite a reduction in raw birth rate, because more infants lived. These additional people found jobs outside farming, indeed they had to because farms had all the labor they needed.
The fact that population increased dramatically is proof that there were jobs to support them. Otherwise, they would have died early.
Regularly as in 7 articles in the past 2 days. I suppose it depends upon how perceptive a person is in detecting leftwing clickbait. Or rightwing clickbait for that matter, there seems to be plenty of that also.
1 m shoes. --- So their customer base is clowns?
There is no limit to things people are willing to pay to have done if the price is right. "Willing to pay to have done" is a job.
For instance, consider just the possibilities for lawn care and gardening. Plant my lawn with alternating one foot squares of bluegrass and fescue. Maintain that pattern by removing each blade that has grown beyond its square. Each week, replant my garden with fresh flowers. Water the garden daily. Harvest the fruits and vegetables. Build a raised garden. Lay a stone pathway. And on, and on.
Job openings will not disappear as long people want things done and they're not forced to pay more than the work is worth to them.
The conservative alternative to the welfare state is no unearned money to individuals or groups of any sort. UBI is not conservative.
Liberals are far from unified on means testing, but hearing them whine about the poor would seem to imply that they think that welfare is already better than UBI. That conclusion implies that liberals use logic to comes to conclusions, which is demonstrably false.
The rallying cry of fools throughout history.
Multiple forged IDs, collecting one UBI for each ID. Think we have a problem with illegal immigration now, just imagine how bad it will be with no incentives to work.
"The devil finds work for idle hands" is not just religious tomfoolery, it's an observation of human nature. With time on their hands, people have to do something to fill the hours. Some people will choose destruction - it's a lot easier to destroy than create. Expect an increase in rioting and looting.
The purpose of such systems is to foster abuse and dependency. People who think the intention is benevolent are being duped. Politicians and theorists who promote such systems want power and enjoy the sniveling degradation the system causes.
You have absolutely no idea of what a libertarian is. Any government that takes enough to keep everyone alive is not libertarian, and cannot be anything but big.
In your conversations with like-minded coworkers, did it ever occur to you that forcing some people to provide the means to live to other people who refuse to work, is fundamentally immoral?
"A future without jobs" is a future without production. No production means no food, no fuel, no electricity, no new clothing, no new shelter. Death by starvation for 90% of the population within a month.
Intel released the 4004 in 1971. How many different CPU architectures have been developed in the US in the intervening 45 years? I'm responsible for one, and I'll say that in most cases it's not a big deal.
Ability to spell "cheap". Priceless.
Oh NOOOO! 16% profit ! ! ! Somebody must stop this horrid situation.
And Hillary helps rapists and sells out the country.
Typical TV: 25 W. Typical stove burner: 1000 W or more.
You don't need water to brush you teeth.
You need better analogies; those are just silly.
The use of 'k' instead of 'c' in "America" is a half-century old leftist insult implying that the Ku Klux Klan is inextricably tied to the philosophy of the U.S.A.. In fact, the KKK is the military arm of the Democratic Party - always has been, always will be.
That's why we've had tight regulation of electricity providers since AD 1000.... Oh, wait, there was no such thing as an electricity provider then, and it wasn't and isn't vital.
I'm estimating Atlas Shrugged is beyond your level of comprehension.
Both Standard Oil and Alcoa were effectively monopolies for many years, because they ruthlessly reduced prices and increased capacity to practically shut out potential competition before it could arise. Increasing business volume is the best way to increase profits.
In a government "business", the incentives are different. Managers increase their power and income not by providing better or more service, but by increasing the number of subordinates (which tends to make service more expensive.)