I might, if I had no other options. Thankfully right now I do.
Steve Job's was scamming the tax man. He took his income as stocks and other things that are taxed at a lower rate than what working stiffs are forced to pay.
Minimum wage exists for a reason. Else those workers cannot afford the basics of life. Some people will work for anything they can get, even if it means Roman_mir gets rich while they starve on the street. You oddly enough seem fine with that.
So selling children into sexual slavery is not abuse? Beating your workers is not abuse? Putting them into harmful circumstances?
Without regulation no company would bother with safety measures. They can outlive you in the courts. You will be too poor to hire a lawyer before they even get warmed up.
Not only the opulently wealthy. The middle class in our nation is not breeding at replacement rates.
If the living wage is suitable high it will achieve that goal. As will access to modern healthcare. Birth control should already be extremely low cost and available OTC.
I never suggested everyone should become a banker. I asked what other jobs they could find to do. Asking what sort of work we can find for the unemployed and possibly soon to be unemployable is not a strawman.
At some point you must realize there are people who will not longer be able to find work. What do we do with them?
Eventually the car and the shoes will be made by a robot. What then?
Stop playing politics, this is not a socialist concern, just a human one. What happens when all work or enough that unemployment exceeds 25% can be done by robots?
We used to work 100 hours, laws made that 40 hours. Without laws to enforce even shorter working hours or an more equitable split of resources all productivity gains are being captured by the top few percent. This argues against your claims.
Because humans with access to enough resources do not breed that way. We are not cats or mice, we will limit our breeding to enjoy our lives more. Access to education and healthcare will make this even more dramatic.
Look at the people who are not breeding, those are the people who have enough to be content with. First world nations are at or below replacement rates.
The owners provide capital that would be worthless without labor. The productivity was created by the labor that made the robot. The capital just bought it.
I don't think not paying taxes is being more competitive.
This labor saving will be really great when they are no more jobs. Then the economy can truly flourish.
Protip: not everyone cares about the economy more than their fellow man.
I hope if we get that tech we can install a power port elsewhere as well. Solving the finding a charger for our gadgets problem and diabetes at the same time.
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I might, if I had no other options.
Thankfully right now I do.
Steve Job's was scamming the tax man. He took his income as stocks and other things that are taxed at a lower rate than what working stiffs are forced to pay.
Minimum wage exists for a reason. Else those workers cannot afford the basics of life. Some people will work for anything they can get, even if it means Roman_mir gets rich while they starve on the street. You oddly enough seem fine with that.
You are not looking far enough into the future. What happens when robot design, production and maintenance are done by mostly or all robots?
I am no luddite. I think this noodle machine is great. I just think we also have to plan for the future when we may not all be able to find any job.
I never suggested changing the law. I made an observation.
France is a great example of that, but the 40 hour work week is great counter example. Clearly there is a middle ground.
The worst that could happen is people starve. Most people will never start their own business.
So selling children into sexual slavery is not abuse?
Beating your workers is not abuse?
Putting them into harmful circumstances?
Without regulation no company would bother with safety measures. They can outlive you in the courts. You will be too poor to hire a lawyer before they even get warmed up.
Why do we care what Aaron Smith would say?
I think people are more interested in what Adam might say.
Capitalism is not always interaction among equals. Imperfect information makes sure it never is.
No, it means that $1/year is all I can get. It does not mean that is enough to eat even.
Not only the opulently wealthy. The middle class in our nation is not breeding at replacement rates.
If the living wage is suitable high it will achieve that goal. As will access to modern healthcare. Birth control should already be extremely low cost and available OTC.
I want people to have the things they need.
You are proposing a system under which we will have mass unemployment and your solution is handwaving.
I am only cheering for people to pay the taxes they owe. If you don't like sales taxes, which I don't, then lets remove them on all purchases.
Read what I wrote and do the same.
I never suggested everyone should become a banker. I asked what other jobs they could find to do. Asking what sort of work we can find for the unemployed and possibly soon to be unemployable is not a strawman.
At some point you must realize there are people who will not longer be able to find work. What do we do with them?
Cool so now human labor is $1/year, how do I buy land or access to clean water?
Somethings there are not ever going to be more of.
Even worse, what do we do with the people who now have no job at all? Do we let them die on the street?
Socialist and communist don't mean the same thing, nor are either the exclusive domain of Marxists.
Try less rhetoric and you might be a tiny bit convincing.
Eventually the car and the shoes will be made by a robot. What then?
Stop playing politics, this is not a socialist concern, just a human one. What happens when all work or enough that unemployment exceeds 25% can be done by robots?
We used to work 100 hours, laws made that 40 hours. Without laws to enforce even shorter working hours or an more equitable split of resources all productivity gains are being captured by the top few percent. This argues against your claims.
Because humans with access to enough resources do not breed that way. We are not cats or mice, we will limit our breeding to enjoy our lives more. Access to education and healthcare will make this even more dramatic.
Look at the people who are not breeding, those are the people who have enough to be content with. First world nations are at or below replacement rates.
Actually, Carnegie was a Monopolist, totally separate issue.
Not everyone is cutout to be a banker, so what should they do?
At some point we will have to realize that we have unemployable people and must do something with them.
The owners provide capital that would be worthless without labor. The productivity was created by the labor that made the robot. The capital just bought it.
I don't think not paying taxes is being more competitive.
This labor saving will be really great when they are no more jobs. Then the economy can truly flourish.
Protip: not everyone cares about the economy more than their fellow man.
Sure you can say it failed. It failed to even gather that information.
What Oracle has done in the past and how they operate their business in general I think.
Not moving now, is ensuring Oracle will screw you. Why wait for it to happen?
I hope if we get that tech we can install a power port elsewhere as well. Solving the finding a charger for our gadgets problem and diabetes at the same time.
Voice is a clumsy interface between humans, I am not sure why I would ever want to have to deal with that hassle with a machine.
Then stop wrapping them around your neck.
Paintball has high reoccurring costs. This unit is likely to be sold as a one time purchase.
You realize the USA extends much further south than Nantucket, right?
We are right now able to borrow money that when accounting for inflation is at a negative rate. Meaning a rate lower than inflation.
Why would you not borrow then?
On the other hand the president kopwtowing to know nothings like yourself is actually working to lower the debt.
So you are also a liar.
Please elaborate.
So far the USD seems plenty spendable and far more useful than bitcoins.
You laugh at that, but I laugh at folks who think bitcoin should be anymore valuable than litecoin or any other replacement.
That would make bitcoins worthless overnight.
Stores would simply stop accepting them.