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Old Nov 21, 2003, 11:18 pm   #19 (permalink) (top)
Bayou
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Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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Well lets see, guy invents motorised arm- 10,000 guys who didnt invent or improve technology, but were smart hard workers gets laid off in Flint Michigan.
Not that the inventor should be taking the brunt of the blame, the Corporations who made the decision should take the main tax load for the unemployement payments the govenrment will be making now: as the corporatti's profit the most from the use of the robot arm.
Doesnt mean that the taxes on the inventors royalte checks shouldnt be making a small contribution to the Unemployement Insurance.
Main point is that a device or invention that improves something in an application for the economic system is not neccessarily beneficial to social, pshycological or environmental systems.
It's not about reversing anything- it's about realising the limits of a system and creating the nesseccary counterbalance to reach equilibrium.


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