The reality is our pop growth is slowing so that these low skills jobs are being eliminated might not be detrimental to our future workforce. The problem is we have sent medium/semi skilled jobs overseas and didn't prepare our workforce for it nor did we "tax" the job shipping to compensate the injured (affected) workforce. We're slapping some tariffs 30 years too late, but I guess it's better then nothing.
A lot of damage to be undone, as you mentioned. I’m not against automation, by any means, just how the gains and productivity from it is currently distributed (versus more equitable models).
Minimum wage you can think of as subsidizing automation—pay more or automate. That's not bad to the worker, and not a policy I'd complain about, but the tech industry doesn't deserve the subsidy.
UBI is more neutral, you pay more whether you automate or not, and the worker still has more negotiating power. This is better.
Tell me how does UBI work in a place like Cuba, Haiti or the Philippines?
Yang is saying $1000 per adult per month (he used to use the more undefined “per person” previously.
At 1000/adult/month one, it’s too much and the economy can’t afford that and two, despite that, that’s not enough for a family of four with two adults two unemancipated ($2000/mo).
Amazon is working to automate their logistics as much as possible --but I think they should do it in a way more human way. They should design their process with people in mind and keep people's well being and limits in mind when designing as well as when managing people.
Unionization is not an answer, well it might be but only temporarily as most people in fulfilment will be out of the picture. Given that, I would hope Amazon does the right thing, but I kind of doubt it.