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4th law of robotics

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6. A federal works program

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:24 AM

Jun 2012

would be nice. Get those unemployed (disproportionately blue-collar workers) back to work, doing something productive. And maybe we can get some nice utility and transportation infrastructure out of it.

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