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Originally posted by Occam,
As was pointed out earlier the drain on our economy to furnish all these people with the equipment would be far, far more than recovered in energy. And, the extra food required for them to must maintain themselves would more than use up any small amount they would receive for their efforts. Far better to subsidize them to go to school and learn a variety of skills (one or two isn't enough because of the liklihood that any specific job set will be outsourced). Then they could work and make a much better than minimum wage to get them above the poverty level.
They would also then become tax payers to contribute toward to the cost of the program.
Oh, wait a minute. That defeats the whole idea of keeping a large unskilled workforce to be hired by businesses to do the scut work at minimum pay.
Occam |
who is doing the 'keeping' of this 'unskilled workforce'? are folks being forced to remain unskilled? is there some grand conspiracy at work here? Wht exactly prevents people from gaining skills?
hint: minimum wage laws, all labor regulations, et al
michael
PS: no matter what, there will ALWAYS be a percentage of the population who do not wish to pay the cost of gaining skills, leave them alone to live their lives as they see fit