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To: koan who wrote (145069)	8/13/2014 1:33:05 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149319

"Don't you see that we have robots now to push that guy up the hill in the wheel chair?" That guy can't afford either a wheelchair or a robot without government assistance, and, since robots don't pay taxes, the government can't afford it, either. The person whom the robot replaced is now also without a job, and on unemployment (for a while) and food stamps. That leaves us with a few rich people being pushed by robots, and a whole bunch of po folk living in Belly Rave. en.wikipedia.org Maybe we should have people push people. However, I believe the cartoon refers to SS, where there were many workers/recipient early on, and not so many now. Nothing that can't be resolved by removing the taxable earnings cap, and/or taxing robots and their employers. "primitive economics is out dated" because it requires

To: koan who wrote (145069)	8/26/2014 11:27:36 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149319

LOL. Koan, you are hopeless. You think the Government can do everything for you, but you fail to realize that the Government is US. We are the Government and when you ask for everyone else to pay for you, we will help you. But when you force us to through laws that impose mandates backed up by police, military, and courts, then you are exerting a Dictators' will on us. That is the problem with the Left. Your bleeding heart leads you to make decisions that impose your will on other people, even if it means the destruction of freedom. That is a very slippery slope. How far will you go? All the way to Venezuela, Argentina, and Cuba? That's where the path you are on leads.