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| Maxwell.:
why hologramz when we got pillows |
| ·::Kishgal::·:
--- Quote from: Maxwell. on April 28, 2015, 09:21:22 PM ---why hologramz when we got pillows --- End quote --- convert all industry to pillows yes perfect |
| Zack:
Serious answer. No, because while humans are vastly inferior and overall more expensive in the long run, letting robots control the industry will cause many many many jobs to become redundant, and new ones that pop up (like robot management or maintenance) will not surpass the amount of jobs lost, which would probably leave too many people in unemployment. This implies the robots running the industry are able to do every job the humans could. |
| SeventhSandwich:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on April 27, 2015, 01:29:02 PM ---there could be small apartments that would be free for people who can't afford their own (owned by the government), paid-for (by the government) passes for public transportation for people who can't afford it on their own or get a car, free food for people who can't afford to eat enough (things like bread and vegetables and meat, not candy or whatever), stuff like that --- End quote --- I don't think this is the solution to poverty because most of the programs you have described already exist in some capacity. --- Quote from: Foxscotch on April 27, 2015, 01:29:02 PM ---there could be small apartments that would be free for people who can't afford their own (owned by the government) --- End quote --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_States The most recent system being: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_%28housing%29 --- Quote from: Foxscotch on April 27, 2015, 01:29:02 PM ---paid-for (by the government) passes for public transportation for people who can't afford it on their own or get a car --- End quote --- You have a point on this one that there should be some kind of federal subsidy for low-income families struggling to pay for public transportation. There are some governmental programs on a state-by-state level that help people pay for public transit. Phoenix currently has a program that enables the homeless to get half price light-rail/bus tickets, for example. However, I don't know how much of a difference this is going to make because I'd assume that public transportation isn't that much of a burden on low-income families when compared to stuff like housing, emergency medical expenses, etc. --- Quote from: Foxscotch on April 27, 2015, 01:29:02 PM ---free food for people who can't afford to eat enough (things like bread and vegetables and meat, not candy or whatever), stuff like that --- End quote --- Well, food stamp programs do not actually mandate what you have to buy with them. You get a booklet of little tiny snippets of paper that correspond to actual, face-values of money. They can only be spent on food though, and there's really no restrictions saying you can't buy bread and vegetables with them. It's a completely valid complaint that most of the cheaper food options are far more unhealthy, and it's been addressed in some capacity by the government. There was a program in place that gave a few thousand households incentives for buying healthier food with food stamps in order to see whether they would purchase the healthier options, however I haven't looked at the results. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program#Healthy_incentives_pilot |
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