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In the 1930s the answer was to create a job guarantee in the form of a massive public works program. That's how stuff like the Brooklyn Bridge and the LA Griffi
by crdoconnor 7y ago
In the 1930s the answer was to create a job guarantee in the form of a massive public works program. That's how stuff like the Brooklyn Bridge and the LA Griffith Observatory got built.
The other option is to keep the retirement age down. I'd like to know why so many people who believe in this automation revolution are instead advocating for the exact opposite on the grounds that we actually really have the opposite problem...
You can't take both sides of this fence. Either the automation revolution is real and retirement ages can be lowered or it isn't and articles like this are spouting horseshit.
- noonespecial 7y agoExactly. When people sputter breathlessly that basic minimum income is unsustainable because the people who receive it will just sit at home watching TV and taking drugs I just laugh and tell them we already do that. We just call it social security. We don't need a new system. We just need to slowly expand the one we have a little further each year. Lowering the retirement age is a great place to start.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoYes. Now when are we going to have this discussion? It should have been a 2016 issue. 2016 had no issues. Does anyone reasonable expect 2020 to be different?
- icebraining 7y agoIt should have been a 2018 issue as well. Arguably these are legislative matters, not executive.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoYes and no. The Executive branch can set vision and tone. JFK's "we're going to the moon" always come to mind.