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allgood33

(1,584 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 07:05 PM Jan 2019

Robots taking over huge hummus of private sector jobs, Trump cutting Fed government thru furloughs,

pretty soon there won't be many people making enough money to keep our economy going and our standard of living will drop quickly.

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Robots taking over huge hummus of private sector jobs, Trump cutting Fed government thru furloughs, (Original Post) allgood33 Jan 2019 OP
hummus? lapucelle Jan 2019 #1
call me a conservative, but i'm not a fan of government hummus. it should stick to cheese. unblock Jan 2019 #2
Hummus? With or without pita? Hekate Jan 2019 #3
No Pita! SoCalNative Jan 2019 #4
They are taking huge hummus, and that's a problem htuttle Jan 2019 #5
As long as they don't touch my baba ganoush! johnp3907 Jan 2019 #6
Robot Wars 2040 sarcasmo Jan 2019 #7
I like falafel. IcyPeas Jan 2019 #8

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
4. No Pita!
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 07:22 PM
Jan 2019

No extra money after you're replaced by a robot. Just have to eat that hummus with a bag of chips from the Dollar Store

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
5. They are taking huge hummus, and that's a problem
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 07:29 PM
Jan 2019


But seriously, the issue of all the people who have been losing their jobs to automation, and all the ones who will be in the future will only get worse.

Ironically, this is what robots and automation were supposed to do -- give us leisure time.

However, they didn't promise that the leisure time would be in a place where we live indoors, and have food to eat.

Someone needs to figure that out...and soon.



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