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To: Lane3 who wrote (7493)	1/22/2017 11:09:26 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 364382

You are talking about the government as a structural employer of last resort. That doesn't make much sense. What does make sense is a cyclic employer of last resort. That is what the WPA and CCC did. If you want to deal with structural unemployment due to automation, I don't think government employment is the solution. Change society and "ownership" instead.

To: Lane3 who wrote (7493)

1/22/2017 12:25:02 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 364382

When the feds offered states money for EMS if they wrote a comprehensive state EMS plan under PL-93-154, they had an outline of 15 components of a comprehensive EMS system. But that outline took years to develop.

My point is that knowing we needed a comprehensive EMS plan was the whole story. The rest were details. Sort of like building a dam or a road.

I am saying we need to rearrange our society to mitigate the loss of jobs to robotizationa and globalization. The thesis is knowing what needs to be done for a good society.

We need a redistribution of wealth and have needed it for 40 years since Reagan cut taxes on the rich and raised taxes on middle class and poor i.e. taxes on SS. Since our tax system changed to become more regressive. It needs to be much more progressive.

We need liberal ideas, not more right wing ideas that only help the plutocrats.

Message #7493 from Lane3 at 1/22/2017 10:57:24 AM

You are asking for a national plan mitigating the effects of robotization with income redistribution, with goals, objectives, and methodology.

No, I'm not. That's way,way too broad. Just a general sketch of a potential program that provides a universal entitlement to federal employment, aka government as employer of last resort.

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