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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: stsimon who wrote (254648)7/1/2014 5:17:59 PM
From: Steve Lokness  Read Replies (2) of 541922
 
<<<< There are no SS taxes paid by the employers for robots, so over time the number of workers will continue to shrink>>>

This argument has been going on forever. Ever since horses replaced oxen to get the trees out of the forest. It is bogus! The jobs replaced are repetitive - but those needed to design, build and maintain them are not. Robots unlike the worker they replace have to be constantly upgraded. So the work force of course will change - but then it always has.......
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