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Re:As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace wor... by snarf21 on Friday July 21, 2017 @01:52PM (#14822461)
It is definitely worth considering but there is the other side. Do you want prices to continue to rise as labor costs and healthcare grow? Or would you prefer these prices actually drop even as your income grows? I'm not saying either is right or wrong. Maybe this is solved with UBI or some other approach. If the taxes are super high, the incentive to automate is diminished.
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Re:As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace wor... by bflesch on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:00PM (#14822527)
This idea is definitely NOT worth considering. With high margins, these robots actually get built, and the price will go down as other competitors catch up. In the end, everyone ends up better as it has been proven again and again in history.
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Re:As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace wor... by s73ver on Friday July 21, 2017 @07:42PM (#14824575)
Except those who end up out of a job, and unable to provide for themselves and their families.
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