>But why are we removing the need/worry for individuals to do this for themselves? Computers and automation technology have made individual workers so producti

>But why are we removing the need/worry for individuals to do this for themselves? Computers and automation technology have made individual workers so productive that employers no longer need nearly as many workers as there are workers who need jobs. And we know very well what happens, right or wrong on an individual level, when there are large numbers of people who can not work but who still need to eat. And it's not pretty. Protection from that should be something every corporation willingly pays an increased tax rate for. The alternative is a destroyed economy that will take their organization down with it.