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Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by ori_b on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:56PM (#9628026)
> Why shouldn't everyone benefit from the fruits of full automation?

They should, but:

>That is largely up to the people who now have all the money and power.

And that's why they won't. At least not until their poverty destabilizes the economy. It's expensive and reduces profits for the people making the decisions, at least in the short run.

Re:U.S. GDP Shrank in Q1 2015 by Apocryphon on Friday May 29, 2015 @08:45PM (#9628371)
Now is the time to make the concept of a basic minimum income mainstream.