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Re:The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of ... by anexprogrammer on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:33AM (#12606049)
Aren't most of those already down at min wage? At least a proportion of waiting jobs will be going away too.

Can they absorb another 10m (or however many there are) truck and van drivers who probably made quite a bit more? I know it won't be overnight, but it seems to be rapidly becoming a political rather than economic question.

Like must we learn to run at 20-25% unemployment instead of <10? We'd probably have to learn to stop viewing them as scroungers too and adjust welfare somewhat.

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Re:The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of ... by daniel_levine on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:40AM (#12606106)
Many are, but not all. And I suspect waiting jobs as ratio compared with eating out gross revenue is shrinking (though eating out is growing and is more labor intensive than a grocery store still). Part of that is labor organization, the truckers have unions. And unions were (and are) a big political issue.
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