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guillaumeb

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21. And as others have pointed out,

Reply to anarch (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:14 PM

Nov 2016

millions could ne trained to weatherproof houses.
Or insulate houses.
Or install solar collectors.
Or fix roads and bridges.

All of these infrastructure jobs cannot be outsourced to foreign countries.

I agree that humans are social animals, but there are just enough Libertarians/sociopaths that wish to reward anti-social behavior.

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"what if jobs are not the solution but the problem?" [View all] JHan Nov 2016 OP

A universal income? What a Marxist idea. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #1

Yes Marxist :D :D JHan Nov 2016 #2

Yep. JHan Nov 2016 #8

The GOP loves to frame unemployment and/or underemployment guillaumeb Nov 2016 #19

eventually, this pretty much has to be the answer anarch Nov 2016 #3

In my view, the reason that this idea is anathema to todays Libertarian driven GOP guillaumeb Nov 2016 #4

We'll just quote Hayek right back at them.. JHan Nov 2016 #9

I respond with #8. eom guillaumeb Nov 2016 #20

humanitarian missions could largely supplant the current military-industrial profit center anarch Nov 2016 #10

And as others have pointed out, guillaumeb Nov 2016 #21

There's a quote I remember from Jacques Attali about 20 years ago (still true): hatrack Nov 2016 #5

I have always believed that providing a universal minimum income... mike_c Nov 2016 #6

thanks for sharing your story mike.. JHan Nov 2016 #12

who/what provides the revenue stream that WhiteTara Nov 2016 #7

As percentage of GDP for starters... JHan Nov 2016 #11

Thanks for the explanation. WhiteTara Nov 2016 #16

Our GDP is low, for some reasons I won't get into now, but we do produce ;) JHan Nov 2016 #17

So many jobs have been lost to automation that this is probably the only answer alarimer Nov 2016 #13

Germany is very different culturally.. JHan Nov 2016 #14

And one more point about outsourcing -- JHan Nov 2016 #15

Our new government will be "Three Branches Bush on Steroids" by Dec 2017. HughBeaumont Nov 2016 #18