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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by uk_programmer on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:13PM (#22600392)
> You're gonna pay one way or another.

Only because nonsense like this is allowed.

> Some costs will be more monetary, some will be more health/crime-related, etc, but very few of us live in countries where there is a general desire and will to force people to work.

You should be looking for work. If you haven't tried looking for a job you get your benefits removed. Obviously the Elderly and Disabled should get help but healthy people should be looking for work if they aren't employed.

> What exactly do you suggest as the alternative?

Get a job.

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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by battery_cowboy on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:33PM (#22600542)
What if there aren't enough jobs and they've automated everything they can? What's your answer when a hundred million jobs are gone to robots?
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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by uk_programmer on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:22AM (#22602551)
They said that computer technology would eliminate boring office jobs back in the 1980s and 1990s (when most unskilled labour was still manual). This didn't happen. In fact 100% the opposite happened.
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Re:What If Andrew Yang Was Right? by samatman on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:40AM (#22601735)
You must be new here.

Two things: the people you're replying to can't downvote you, and complaining about downvotes will earn you downvotes.

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