Originally Posted by
poobert
I'm going to see you that universal health care and raise you universal basic income.
I'm not a socialist, and actually pretty centrist, but with the constant automation and outsourcing I can't see how we can sustain even a "knowledge" economy.
Keep in mind that "trucker" is the most common occupation in nearly every state. Within the next couple generations that will be wiped out by automation.
I'm not for laziness, either - so why not kill two birds with one stone and eliminate entitlements - food stamps, unemployment, SSI - and just give everyone a universal basic income?
This all just points to being completely unsustainable, and I can tell you while I'm not a communist I'm fucking sick of 40 year old supply-side-saves-all nonsense that is all the Republicans can come up with when they're not freaking about gay people or a junior Congresswoman from New York.