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Re:Robots in Finance Could Wipe Out Some of Its Highest-Payi... by throwawayjava on Saturday December 07, 2019 @11:48AM (#21731172)
Depending on how you count, between 10% and 40% of the US is employed by the govt either directly or by proxy.

I understand your sentiment, but the reality of just shedding a large fraction of those jobs is hard to even imagine. Unemployment in 2008-2009 peaked at around 10%.

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Re:Robots in Finance Could Wipe Out Some of Its Highest-Payi... by BubRoss on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:14PM (#21731332)
Between income taxes, corporate taxes, sales tax etc. most people with jobs give up half the money they make to the government anyway, so that makes sense.
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Re:Robots in Finance Could Wipe Out Some of Its Highest-Payi... by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @01:14PM (#21731663)
Why not just employ 100% since a high government employment number seems like a virtue?
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